In the summer of 2001, the US government and White House were hacked from an unknown source. A worm called “Code Red” was once claimed by the FBI to be so dangerous, it had the potential to bring down the entire Internet.…
Though the name indicates it’s a worm virus, Storm Worm is actually a Trojan Horse virus. It infected thousands of computers worldwide less than 6 years ago, and experts say well over 300, 000 computers had been infected by Storm Worm, or a mutation of it. …
Also named Sapphire Worm, the Slammer Worm was the fastest spreading worm in history. It spread in less than 10 minutes, infecting over 75, 000 PCs and greatly slowing or shutting down business. The worm caused $1.2 billion dollars in damage, but compared to the ILOVEYOU virus, it’s not so bad.…
The worlds of art history and computer viruses don’t often intersect but the birthday of Michelangelo, the Italian Renaissance man, may be more familiar to those in the world of anti-virus than art historians! We have the Michelangelo virus to thank for that.…