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  2. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...

  3. Stuxnet - Wikipedia

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    It features the usage of the Stuxnet virus as a main plot line for the story, and the attempt of Iran to bypass it. In Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Stuxnet is the named type of computer virus which infected Kusanagi and Manamura allowing false memories to be implanted.

  4. List of cyberattacks - Wikipedia

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    A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.

  5. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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    Appearance of Lehigh virus (discovered at its namesake university), [20] boot sector viruses such as Yale from the US, Stoned from New Zealand, Ping Pong from Italy, and appearance of the first self-encrypting file virus, Cascade. Lehigh was stopped on campus before it spread to the "wild" (to computers beyond the university), and as a result ...

  6. Trojan horse (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Exploit (computer security) – Method of attack on computer systems; Industrial espionage – Use of espionage for commercial purposes rather than security; Hardware Trojan – Malware embedded in hardware; harder to detect and fix than software vulnerabilities; Phishing – Form of social engineering

  7. List of computer worms - Wikipedia

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    Most known for being the first virus targeting Mac computers. Morris: November 2, 1988 Robert Tappan Morris: Widely considered to be the first computer worm. Although created for academic purposes, the negligence of the author unintentionally caused the worm to act as a denial of service attack.