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发表于 2026-06-11 smashing worm hackers

Researchers at the University of Toronto have built a worm that thinks for itself. Using free off-the-shelf AI models it works out how to break into each new co…

The Morris Worm Pt. 1

发表于 2018-05-03 worm pt computer

We’ve introduced you to some of the seminal malware attacks that have shaped cybersecurity history. Perhaps no other incident in history, though, has had the ef…

The Morris Worm Pt. 2

发表于 2018-05-16 administrator worm pt

In an attempt to halt the Morris worm’s path of destruction, a systems administrator at Harvard shut down the university router through which Andy Sudduth’s mes…

Gene Spafford on the Morris Worm & Cyber-security in the 1980’s

发表于 2018-11-01 spafford worm aka

Eugene Spafford (aka Spaf), a professor of computer science at Purdue University, was the first researcher to publish a detailed analysis of the infamous Morris…

The WANK Worm, Part 1

发表于 2019-04-25 wank worm 16th

On October 16th, 1989, NASA's scientists went into work preparing to launch a spacecraft that very day. But when they sat down to their computers, they were met…

The WANK Worm, Part 2

发表于 2019-05-10 wank worm 1986

After the Challenger Disaster of 1986, NASA had a hard time convincing the public that the Galileo spacecraft, fueled by radioactive Plutonium, is safe to launc…

Samy

发表于 2020-03-17 kamkar worm myspace

Samy Kamkar is a hacker. And while he’s done a lot of stuff, he’s best known for creating the Samy Worm. Which spread its way through a popular social media sit…