Malicious Attacks
Quinn Male
Susan Dou
Hanzhang Hu
Overview
• Malicious attacks on the computer are
anything that involves attempting to gain
information or virtually attain access to a
network without permission. Examples
include phishing, hacking, and cyber mischief.
We will focus on history, current methods of
attack, and prevention, which includes
computer security.
History
• Early 1960s:
• University facilities with huge mainframe
computers, like MIT's artificial intelligence lab,
become staging grounds for hackers.
History
• 1983:
• In one of the first arrests due to malicious attacks
on the computer, the FBI busts six teen-age
hackers from Milwaukee, known as the "414s"
after the local area code. The hackers are accused
of some 60 computer break-ins, including from
the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to
Los Alamos National Laboratory. One of the
hackers gets immunity for his testimony; the
other five get probation.
History
• 1988:
• The Department of Defense severs the links
between the unclassified Military Network, or
Milnet, and the Arpanet - the early Internet after it is discovered that someone has broken
into at least one Milnet computer.
Methods of Attack
Prevention