Twenty years ago, the ILOVEYOU worm utilized the most basic human emotion, the desire to be loved. It replicated itself at unprecedented rates that spurred the imagination of hackers and the cynicism of the general public. The on-line world was never the same.
As with all worms, the ILOVEYOU worm operated as a standalone program. It is a Visual Basic script that was circulated as a file named LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs. It came attached to an e-mail with a three-word subject line, and a body that consisted of one sentence.
And that’s it. There was no urgent push to “Read now! Now! Now!” No promise of good fortune if you open the attachment. No threat of your bank account being closed if you don’t open it. It was just a handful of words asking you to…
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Posted by: Edwardo Rodriguez |
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May 07, 2020 at 09:08AM
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