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      • IN: Where the falcons and foxes roam
      • THROUGH: Where the raccoons burrow and rummage
        • The art of staying where you are not wanted
        • Where the raccoon overflows the bin—on purpose
        • Foraging for secrets in binaries
          • Binary formats
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            • PE/ELF header parser
            • Dynamic analysis for API monitoring
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          • theZoo - A Live Malware Repository
          • crackmes.one
        • The payload is in the picnic photo
        • Tipping the stack—and the garbage can
        • Nature’s cheats: The raccoon’s guide to slipping through the cracks
      • OUT: Where squirrels swipe the crown jewels

    History of malware¶

    Some small stories on how malicious software (malware) has evolved into the complicated viruses we may be exposed to today.

    • Interview with Ray Tomlinson on Creeper/Reaper

    • Malware spotlight: Wabbit

    • The Animal Episode

    • Elk-Cloner: The 30-year-old prank that became the first computer virus

    • With Microscope and Tweezers: An Analysis of the Internet Virus of November 1988

    • YouTube: Virus.DOS.Cascade

    • onx/CASCADE

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