Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hackers and Viruses

1) The Department of Justice describes him as "the most wanted computer criminal in United States history." His exploits were detailed in two movies: Freedom Downtime and Takedown.Although he committed  numerous offenses, he was ultimately convicted for breaking into the DEC's computer network and stealing software.
Identify him?


2)Identify the virus



3) He the creator of the famous 'X' Worm, the first computer worm to be unleashed on the Internet. As a result of this crime, he was the first person prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Identify him?


4)This  is a famous virus also known as "Simpsons", "Kwyjibo", or "Kwejeebo".It  is a mass-mailing macro virus
It was first released on March 26, 1999 causing clogging of E-mail systems.
Identify the virus?


5)Welcome to the Dungeon (c) 1986 Brain & Amjads (pvt) Ltd VIRUS_SHOE RECORD V9.0 Dedicated to the dynamic memories of millions of viruses who are no longer with us today - Thanks GOODNESS!! BEWARE OF THE er..VIRUS : this program is catching program follows after these messages....$#@%$@!!
Identify the virus and what is its claim to fame?


6)Identify this hacking group



7)He became a white hat hacker after he was hacked by Kevin Mitnick.Following this,he resolved to help the FBI .He out-hacked Mitnick to bring him down. Identify him?

8)This was perhaps the most famous virus hoax ever.It was perpetrated by famous hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow "to prove the gullibility of self-proclaimed "experts" on the Internet".It was supposedly transmitted via an email bearing the subject header as the virus name.
Identify the virus?

9)This is a hoax that warned about a supposed virus discovered by Microsoft and McAfee telling the user that it is installed via an e-mail with the subject line: "SURPRISE?!!!!!!!!!!" after which it destroys the zeroth sector of the hard disk, rendering it unusable.Identify this hoax virus?

10)Connect
    
Hint 
First pic is that of famous tennis player Anna Kournikova



2 comments:

  1. 1.Julian assange
    3.Kim dotcom?
    5.Its called as the Brain virus and its the first virus
    6.Cult of Dead cow

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  2. Thanks for commenting.
    The answers are:-
    1)Kevin Mitnick
    2)Tequilla virus
    3)Robert Morris
    4)Mellisa virus
    5)Brain Virus
    6)Cult of the Dead Cow
    7)Tsutomu Shimomura
    8)Good Times virus hoax
    9)Antichrist virus hoax
    10)Anna Kournikova virus was authored by Dutch programmer Jan de Wit on February 11, 2001.Jan was identified by David smith(the pic)
    This virus was written in visual basic.

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