Internet Worm Basics Presentation

An Internet Worm is a program which is capable of replicating itself and spreading to other machines, either with or without human intervention. Email worms generally require the user to open an attachment or even run it and belong to the former "with human intervention" category. Worms such as the Blaster which exploit a remote service on the victim machine spread automatically and do not require "human intervention". In this Internet Worm Basics video series, we will look at how a typical worm is coded, how it infects and then finally replicates. This tutorial is meant to impart an understanding of Internet Worm programming. In this first video, we will try to understand the basic functionality of a worm through a presentation. Later videos will focus on the programming aspects of worms.
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1. Internet and Computer Worms

2. Analysis of the Blaster worm

3. Morris Internet Worm (First Internet Worm)

Vivek Ramachandran is a security evangelist and has been working in computer security related fields for the past 7 years. In 2007, Vivek spoke at world renowned conferences Defcon (WEP Cloaking Exposed) and Toorcon (The Caffe Latte Attack). The discovery of the Caffe Latte Attack was covered by CBS5 news, BBC online, Network World etc news agencies.In 2006, Vivek was announced as one of winners of the Microsoft Security Shootout contest held in India among 65,000 participants. He has also been a recipient of a Team Achievement at Cisco Systems for his work on 802.1x and Port Security modules on the Catalyst 6500 switches. Currently he spends all of his time maintaining Security- Freak.Net , SecurityTube.Net and is the founder of an online startup (currently in stealth mode). Vivek, is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.You can contact him at vivek[at]securitytube.net