{"id":158505,"date":"2019-08-28T01:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T17:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1801788\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T01:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T17:12:03","slug":"watch-the-untold-story-behind-the-morris-worm-the-worlds-first-major-internet-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/28\/watch-the-untold-story-behind-the-morris-worm-the-worlds-first-major-internet-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: The Untold Story Behind the Morris Worm, the World\u2019s First Major Internet Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kp-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Our connected world comes with countless risks. Viruses, worms, spyware, ransomware, backdoors, Trojans: The language of cybersecurity is relatively new, but we have quickly become fluent. The misuse of technology has become the darkest danger of the digital age. Bad actors, emboldened by our inability to properly secure crucial systems and networks, are launching increasingly sophisticated attacks. No system is safe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/videos\/blueprint:YxlJkaXXo9\/embed\/?player=geek&amp;mute=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>But in the beginning \u2014 the very, very beginning \u2014 computers inspired utopian visions of a better future, a world in which we were all digitally connected to one another and living in harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the Morris Worm.<\/p>\n<p>At Xerox\u2019s Palo Alto Research Center, programmers were developing high-speed networks and the means by which computers could communicate with one another. This was the birth of the internet, and programmers\u2019 ambitions pushed the limits of the imagination. But no one in Palo Alto could\u2019ve imagined how bringing computers together would allow one bad actor to tear the system apart.<\/p>\n<p>In the premiere episode of Kernel Panic, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Mashable<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pcmag.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">PCMag<\/a> take viewers back to the moment everything changed: 1988, when groundbreaking malware known as the Morris Worm spread across global networks, causing significant outages and worldwide panic. The Morris Worm opened the world\u2019s eyes to unforeseen vulnerabilities, planting the seeds of public mistrust that have steadily grown for decades and, today, are flourishing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More on Geek.com:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/researchers-discover-two-more-cases-of-facebook-data-exposure-1781495\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Researchers Discover More Cases of Facebook Data Exposure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/japan-beefs-up-cybersecurity-ahead-of-2020-tokyo-olympics-1772152\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Japan Beefs Up Cybersecurity Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/roundup\/254982\/the-best-security-suites\"  rel=\"noopener\">From PCMag.com: The Best Security Suites for 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kp-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>Our connected world comes with countless risks. 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