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This timeline of computer viruses and wormspresents a chronological timeline of noteworthy computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, similar malware, related research and events. 1960s. [edit] John von Neumann's article on the "Theory of self-reproducing automata" is published in 1966.[1] The article is based on lectures given by von ...
Contagion is a 2011 American medical disaster thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Elliott Gould, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, Sanaa Lathan, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The plot concerns the spread of a highly contagious virus transmitted by ...
The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988, is one of the oldest computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [ 1] It was written by a graduate student at Cornell University ...
The Net is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Irwin Winkler [ 3] and starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, and Dennis Miller. [ 4] The film was released on July 28, 1995. In the film, a systems analyst with few personal contacts learns that all records about her life have been deleted, and that her house has been emptied.
Release of the movie Sneakers, in which security experts are blackmailed into stealing a universal decoder for encryption systems. One of the first ISPs, MindVox , opens to the public. Bulgarian virus writer Dark Avenger wrote 1260 , the first known use of polymorphic code , used to circumvent the type of pattern recognition used by antivirus ...
Melissa (computer virus) The Melissa virus is a mass-mailing macro virus released on or around March 26, 1999. It targets Microsoft Word and Outlook -based systems and created considerable network traffic. The virus infects computers via email; the email is titled "Important Message From," followed by the current username.
Clampi (also known as Ligats, Ilomo, or Rscan) [1] is a strain of computer malware which infects Windows computers. More specifically, as a man-in-the-browser banking trojan designed to transmit financial and personal information from a compromised computer to a third party for potential financial gain as well as report on computer configuration, communicate with a central server, and act as ...
United States. Language. English. Budget. $7.7 million [1] Box office. $1,918,117. Warning Sign is a 1985 American science fiction - horror film directed by Hal Barwood and starring Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Richard Dysart .