Linux Viruses and Such

• Malware Timeline (cont'd)

• mid-1970s: Motorola staffers discovered exploitable security hole in the Xerox CP-V timesharing system, but couldn't get Xerox to fix it. So, the Motorola guys unleashed daemon programs “Robin Hood” and “Friar Tuck”, which carried out flamboyant pranks and re-launched one another if the system operator tried to kill them:

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