English

History of malware

Cryptography and Security 2014-01-17 v3

Abstract

In past three decades almost everything has changed in the field of malware and malware analysis. From malware created as proof of some security concept and malware created for financial gain to malware created to sabotage infrastructure. In this work we will focus on history and evolution of malware and describe most important malwares.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1302.5392,
  title  = {History of malware},
  author = {Nikola Milošević},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.5392},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

11 pages, 8 figures describing history and evolution of PC malware from first PC malware to Stuxnet, DoQu and Flame. This article has been withdrawed due some errors in text and publication in the jurnal that asked to withdraw article from other sources

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