Detail A Thing of Threads and Patches; Computer Viruses   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 404 no. 8799 (Aug. 2012), page 63. Topik: Hackers; Computer Viruses; Research Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.73 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Like their biological counterparts, computer viruses are locked in an evolutionary arms race. These programs, whose crucial characteristic is that they reproduce by copying themselves onto new machines, began as a curiosity in the early 1980s. Now, however, they--and other, similar, types of malicious software--support a multibillion-dollar industry in which those who use them to steal information and subvert computers struggle with those who devise and sell digital protection. With so much at stake, malware, as it is known, gets ever sneakier, while the programs designed to detect it must get cleverer and cleverer just to keep up. A paper presented to a conference in Bellevue, Washington, earlier this month describes--for the enlightenment of the white hats in this arms race--an innovation that may make viruses still sneakier. Its authors, Vishwath Mohan and Kevin Hamlen of the University of Texas, call their program "Frankenstein", after the fictional scientist who (at least, in film versions of the story) stitched together his monster out of body parts scavenged from graveyards and slaughterhouses. Frankenstein starts with a "semantic blueprint": an abstract description of what the program is designed to do. It then sifts through all the gadgets on its host machine until it has put together the required list of instructions. In their paper, Mr Mohan and Dr Hamlen demonstrate the feasibility of this by having their program construct two simple algorithms--not full-blown viruses, but the sorts of things that a virus author might find useful--using only gadgets harvested from Explorer, the file browser included with Windows. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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