Malware attacks has a history and the truth is that it has
come to stay or even more viral and harmful with the technology development and
outbreak of internet.
The 414s of the
80s: name derived from the area code of the perpetrators in US (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) A typical
case malware attack back in the 80s was that of the US high-school hackers who hacked into the Digital Eguipment Corporation with the motive of having fun, categorized as
....... by Kaido, but they broke into Digital Eguipment Corporation VMS
operating system causing damage worth 1,500usd with the aid of personal
computers and simple hacking techniques
leverage on common /default passwords by deleting the corporation billing
records
Need to say that most of the hackers were not persecuted but
they only agreed to stop their potentially harmful activities. The Duo
prosecuted(Wondra and co.) were based on harassing calls that followed their hacking. I would
say this case was a true picture of the legislation crawling to meet up with
technology as the computer crime legislations were passed after the case by the
legislators.
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_414s
for details
As opposed to individuality or group of young hackers
approach with the primary motive of fun seen in the above case, malware attack
has today turned into political weapon
in the hand of the world superpowers, a recent case as revealed by Edwards
Snowden is that of US and UK using malware as a tool to for
power uphold (politically and business
wise. Hacking which was initially for
fun has today been converted for spy and surveillance in the quest for national
supremacy. This was done by NSA hacking not only the likes of Facebook,
Microsoft and other international conglomerates but also by hacking US rival
countries such as Russia and China among others.
Visit www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-23123964
for more details
Comments:
Malware attack has evolve from stage of individualistic to
national weapon.
From no gain motive
to business motive.
But the fact is that it has always been supremacy driven,
among individuals, business and nations.
My question is, can malware attack as national tools of
destruction be regulated as recorded in the case of 414s? Or has this come to stay to replace
physical(traditional international war)?
May be time will tell.
As summarised by the following souce, world of malware has evolved as shown below:
- Hackerly exploration (“What's in there?”)
- Clueless experimentation (“What happens if”)
- Expression of frustration (“I'll show you all!”)
- Expression of politics (“Free X or suffer!”)
- Malware as a weapon
- Malware as a business model
(Source:https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Security_and_Privacy_in_a_Networked_World/The_World_of_Malware)
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