State of the art in malware owning human?

[Juan]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:50:20 -0700
Kurt Buff <kurt.buff at gmail.com> wrote:

> "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
> and
> "We are all God's children"
> and
> "Mohamed is his prophet"


	those are just samples. The general category of malware is
	called 'statism' (and theocracy is the oldest form of
	government) 

	so called 'representative' government is a particularly nasty
	strain.


	More than a few people even in this list got the infection.

 

> 
> Worst malware ever. Makes people violent and unable to comprehend
> reality.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:05 AM, Georgi Guninski
> <guninski at guninski.com> wrote:
> > What is the state of the art in malware owning the human, not just
> > the box?
> >
> > ...or DoS the human, making them inoperable.
> >
> > Maybe it is something like 25th frame, possibly with auditory
> > vector.
> >
> > Or better remote hypnosis.
> >
> > IIRC on some forum about epilepsy someone posted ``weird image''
> > which causes severe crisis in some epileptics of certain form.
> >
> > Some info about 25th frame:
> > http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/articles/98spring/thomas.htm
> > ---
> > According to Solntsev, one computer virus capable of affecting a
> > person's psyche is Russian Virus 666. It manifests itself in every
> > 25th frame of a visual display, where it produces a combination of
> > colors that allegedly put computer operators into a trance. The
> > subconscious perception of the new pattern eventually results in
> > arrhythmia of the heart. Other Russian computer specialists, not
> > just Solntsev, talk openly about this "25th frame effect" and its
> > ability to subtly manage a computer user's perceptions. The purpose
> > of this technique is to inject a thought into the viewer's
> > subconscious. It may remind some of the subliminal advertising
> > controversy in the United States in the late 1950s.
> > ---
> >
> > F-secure claims:
> > Russian Virus 666
> > There is no virus by this name.
> >
> > IIRC spammers used it for spam in animated images
> >
> > http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9712/17/video.seizures.update/
> > Japanese cartoon triggers seizures in hundreds of children
> >