A secondary education student named Micheal Calce, who went by the online internet called “Mafiaboy”. The 15-year-old is charged with the cyber breaking and brought down the websites of CNN, Amazon, Dell, eBay and the Yahoo!. And that time the biggest search engine in the world was yahoo. The attacks, in which the Web sites […]
Category: BLOG 1 – WORLD OF HACKERS AND VIRUES
How did Mafiaboy performed the attack?
The 15-year-old is charged with the cyber breaking and brought down the websites of CNN, Amazon, Dell, eBay and the Yahoo!. And that time the biggest search engine in the world was yahoo.
Who is Onel de Guzman? What crime did he commit?
Onel de Guzman is a pure Filipino student from AMA who became a suspect for releasing the “I Love Your Virus”. The reason behind this is because it was unethical. He confessed that he may unknowing spread the virus. On May 4 2000 “I LOVE YOU VIRUS” began popping up in computers in Asia. When […]
How did I love you virus spread throughout the world? How much was the damage?
The “I Love You” virus is considered to be one of the most harmful computer viruses of all time. The “I Love You” virus always traveled the internet several time by an e-mail. An attachment in the e-mail is caused of all harmful effects in your computer. The main goal of this virus […]
Who is the suspect behind hacking the COMELEC websites in 2016?
Paul Biteng, a 23-year-old new graduate of information technology, was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at his house along G. Tuazon and Miguelin streets in Sampaloc, Manila at past 7 pm. Agents also seized his personal computer, which will be subjected to digital forensic examination, to check his activity before, […]
What was the reason behind hacking?
Computer hackers in present world are becoming more intelligent. It may have been enough to say that hackers hack for the fun of it without search something into the issues. And reason and motivations of hackers on the web are now growing. People turn to hacking for a variety of financial, political, and some particular […]
What are the possible and most dangerous effects of computer Viruses in computer systems and websites?
The most and possible dangerous effects to harm your computer is by damaging programs, duplicating some files, and reformatting your own hard drive. It results to slow the computer performance, unexplained data loss and daily computer crashes. An unprotected computer is like an easy access for computer viruses. There are some product to provide a […]
What is the difference between a hacker and a cracker?
Hackers is the white hats. White hat is a term used to described ethical hackers that stay entirely with the law. They may be hired by companies to test the network security software. They never access a system or network illegally, and they work hardly to expose in the system. With a goal to improving […]
Differentiate computer virus from a worm?
A computer virus is a program that is designed to duplicate and spread itself in any form without knowing it exists. Computer viruses can also attach themselves to a file. Viruses can also infect documents such as created in word document. Worms are very similar to viruses but are technically different from the virus in the […]
How can a system or websites be protected against computer malware and hacking?
Today people use internet-connected devices in all aspect of our daily living. We go surf online for homework, projects, games, getting information to your family and friends in social networking sites. Occurs a result, our devices contain personal information about us. This may include your bank account number and other financial records, and other information […]
Freedom of Coding: He May Be a Black Hat, White Hat or a Phreaker 