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Imagine a virus infecting over 85 million Android phones without anyone catching on. Believe it or not, this really happened in 2016! How could a virus be so easily distributed without human intervention? The HummingBad virus was a persistence rootkit, which is a very smart and nasty virus. It is difficult to find and even more difficult to remove. They embed themselves within the system without the users knowledge and they are designed to hide themselves and their activities, even from security software. A rootkit will take over an infected system on its own, or if it cannot gain root access, it will push a fake update prompt, tricking the user into installing. Once the malware has control of the device, it begins downloading and installing apps, and the lucrative business of conning users begins. The HummingBad virus was designed to click on the ads within the apps to generate advertising revenue. This inflated ad click and view counts, allowing the attackers to earn more revenue without actual user engagement. The malware also promoted and installed additional malicious

Picture this: You're witnessing the culmination of years of hard work as the first humans are about to land on the moon's surface. Suddenly, the moment is shattered by blaring alarms. This exact scenario unfolded during Apollo 11's momentous moon landing. Luckily, Margaret Hamilton and her accomplished team of NASA engineers had meticulously readied themselves for any imaginable situation. Margaret Hamilton is best known for her work on the Apollo moon missions. In the 1960s, she was the lead software engineer for the Apollo Guidance Computer, which was the specialized computer that was responsible for guiding the Apollo spacecraft to the moon. Her job was to make sure the system was reliable, efficient, and could handle the complex calculations needed for space travel. During the Apollo 11 mission, Margaret Hamilton's team faced a critical situation where the computer system on the lunar module experienced an overload during the landing. This overload was caused by an unexpected increase in processing demands as the computer tried to do numerous tasks at the same time.