Question

1. What is meant by malware/viruses? What is their history? Are malware and/or viruses recent developments in computer technology or have they been around for a while? What piece of malware/virus are choosing to write about and why?  

Answer 1

ANSWER :

* What is meant by malware/viruses?

Malware" is short for malicious software and used as a single term to refer to virus, spy ware, worm etc. (OR)

Malware virus definition has its roots in the words “mal” which means “bad” and “software” which means “a computer program”. Today, the malware virus definition is “any software with a harmful intent on the computer.”

* What is their history?

The term malware was introduced by Yisrael Rada in 1990. Many of these early infectious programs were actually written as pranks or experiments, but hackers now use malware to steal business, financial, and personal information.

* Are malware and/or viruses recent developments in computer technology or have they been around for a while?

malware released between 2000 and 2017:

2000 – ILOVEYOU Worm

2001 – Anna Kournikova Virus

2003 – SQL Slammer Worm

2004 – Cabir Virus

2005 – Koobface Virus

2008 – Conficker Worm

2010 – Stuxnet Worm

2011 — Zeus Trojan

2013 – Cryptolocke

2014 – Backoff

2016 – Cerber

2017 – WannaCry Ransomware

* What piece of malware/virus are choosing to write about and why?  

Threats like malware have been in existence for decades but they were referred to as computer viruses during this time.

I will choose to write about Keyloggers.