It traveled in an email
attachment named LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs, a name
that was a strong motivator for launching the ?¬?le and activating
the worm. More re?¬?ned forms of this technique contribute to
phishing effectiveness.
The whole ILOVEYOU affair hit the world with another key
lesson, again a cornerstone in our quest for understanding today??™s
cybercrime; whereas an event on the Internet can ripple
through the economies of the entire globe, law enforcement is
still bound to the principle of the sovereignty of nations. The
alleged author of ILOVEYOU has been identi?¬?ed as a university
student in the Philippines. However, shortly after the discovery,
all charges related to his involvement with the worm were
dropped, because at the time that kind of crime was not contemplated
by any law of the Philippines justice system. (The
loophole was promptly closed, but the new law was not
retroactive.)
As the idea of leveraging exploits gained traction, a second tier
of bad guys appeared on the scene: script kiddies. Publishing
code that illustrates how to leverage an exploit of well-known
programs became a habit for many gifted crackers. That code
would be taken by less-gifted individuals and included in toolkits
and utilities designed for ???messing up.
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