From taking your files ransom to foiling uranium enrichment, here are five more computer viruses that you really want to avoid.
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Sources:
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=637244
http://olixzgv.berghel.net/col-edit/digital_village/nov-01/dv_11-01.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20110722192419/http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Security-Advisories/AL20010717
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/BIOS-basic-input-output-system
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/Chernobyl-virus
Memories of the Chernobyl virus
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/youre-infected-if-you-want-to-see-your-data-again-pay-us-300-in-bitcoins/
Destructive malware “CryptoLocker” on the loose – here’s what to do
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-leads-multi-national-action-against-gameover-zeus-botnet-and-cryptolocker-ransomware
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet-the-most-menacing-malware-in-history/
An Unprecedented Look at Stuxnet, the World’s First Digital Weapon
http://ece.wpi.edu/~dchasaki/papers/Stuxnet_Under_the_Microscope.pdf
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/confirmed-us-israel-created-stuxnet-lost-control-of-it/
Images:
Bios Chip: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bios_chip-2011-04-11.jpg
