Social and Professional Issues
Social and Professional Issues
Social and Professional Issues
by
Randy G. Tabaog, LPT
• Introduction
• Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses
• Phreaks and hackers
• Denial-of-service attacks
• Online voting
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• Well-known viruses
– Brain
– Michelangelo
– Melissa
– Love Bug
• Viruses today
– Commercial antivirus software
– Few people keep up-to-date
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• Worm
– Self-contained program
– Spreads through a computer network
– Exploits security holes in networked computers
• Famous worms
– WANK
– Code Red
– Sapphire (Slammer)
– Blaster
– Sasser
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