24C3: VX (The Virus Underground)

Speaker: SkyOut


The listeners will be introduced in the world of virus coding. They will understand how this can be seen as a way of expressing yourself and why it is a way of hacking. Furthermore they will get to know, which important groups, authors and viruses have been there in the last years and which are still active nowadays. Important technical terms will be explained as well as trends of the last years and the future. And more.

The aim of the lecture shall be to introduce the listeners to the world of the virus underground. They shall understand how this little community of about fifty people think and act and why they code viruses. The audience may understand coding of viruses as a type of hacking and a way of expressing it as art. Furthermore it is the aim to make them familiar with different words, that are typically used by VXers (Virus Coders), for example Appender, Prepender and Overwriter Virus.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• virus
• coding
• groups
• programming
• community

[PurplesHead]

what a douche...



[r4tdance]

You know...fuck ya. I wasn't fully shocked when the underground began to make an appearance in the overground, such as YouTube,but for the Virus Writers to make an appearance? I'm not virii writer, but respect to you.