Free Web NovelChapter 141: Chapter 133 This is Too Terrifying!
When Zhao Yi mentioned that the hacking stuff had ’too much destructive power,’ Professor Liu just smiled, his eyes looking like he was watching a child playing with a new toy.
Most ’little hackers’ are like this.
When using hacking software, or by using tools to steal passwords and accounts, they get a feeling of being ’so awesome’, but in fact, it’s really no big deal.
Nowadays, domestic networks are just being built, and their security can’t be said to be very high. To describe them as riddled with loopholes might be an exaggeration, but the lack of security knowledge among most users is also an important factor causing the security issue.
For example, a family just built a house, completely unaware of security precautions, leaving farming tools and chickens and ducks outside the house, with just a small fence serving as the boundary of their yard.
Outsiders could easily steal many things just by crossing the fence.
It may sound incredible, but that is the reality. It’s just that the information in the computers of most users who lack security awareness is not of much value to begin with.
In plain terms, a hacker is just someone who is good at computer technology.
Zhao Yi is a genius at computer programming and algorithms. He had discovered vulnerabilities in the iOS system and designed a highly innovative ’Sieve Method’. However, he is only an 18-year-old high school student, who finds it interesting to create destructive code and starts to worry about their destructiveness.
It’s all normal.
Professor Liu, who is experienced and knowledgeable, didn’t care too much, but he still took a careful look, asking Zhao Yi to help explain the functions.
Soon enough,
Professor Liu couldn’t laugh anymore.
"I designed this part of the code for router monitoring. It will work if the router’s security is low enough..."
"This camouflage code is interesting as it can infiltrate through LAN games..."
"For the self-destruct program, I’m using control calls to clear the target host’s underlying functions, deleting all programs with a specific suffix..."
"There’s also intrusion..."
"The camouflaged code can break through ports, generally open access ports of websites, which can be infiltrated by camouflage..."
"The main thing is actually the camouflage..."
Professor Liu was completely stunned.
Not only was he sitting next to Professor Liu, but his other student Xiao Zhicheng, who was also a computer science Ph.D., stood behind the sofa, carefully looking at the content of the code and couldn’t help but ask, "Are you sure all of this can be achieved?"
"It shouldn’t be a problem."
Zhao Yi said, "I helped Zhengyang Police with their security penetration testing by checking the security of their network. I successfully monitored their router and also tried the one-time camouflaged Trojan horse program."
After checking a small segment of the code, Professor Liu took a deep breath and said seriously, "I need to study this carefully."
It was almost mealtime in the afternoon. Seeing that Professor Liu didn’t seem to want to go out for dinner, Zhao Yi simply went with Xiao Zhicheng to a restaurant outside, ordered a few dishes to be delivered home, and asked Xiao Zhicheng about his accommodation. After confirming that Professor Liu might stay overnight, he bought a bunch of toothbrushes and towels.
As he returned with the items, it was getting dark. A car caught up from behind, and a head popped out of the lowered window. "Zhao Yi!"
It was Lin Xudong.
Zhao Yi turned his head, and seeing Lin Xudong, got a little scared. He always thought Lin Xudong’s eyes were not very friendly towards him.
Lin Xudong stopped the car and walked over. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Zhao Yi turned to look at Xiao Zhicheng and felt a little more at ease. He asked with a smile, "What’s the matter, Uncle Lin?"
Lin Xudong also glanced at Xiao Zhicheng, then pulled Zhao Yi aside and whispered, "Who came to your house? Why did you also ask our police to keep an eye on it?"
"Keeping an eye on?"
"Protecting, I meant protecting. I used the wrong word."
Zhao Yi said, "A professor from the Science Academy."
"A professor? From the Science Academy?" Lin Xudong opened his mouth in surprise and asked incredulously, "What is a professor from the Science Academy doing in your house? How do you even know such a powerful figure?"
Zhao Yi seemed to be serious, and also joking at the same time, "I was in the capital to give a lecture not too long ago. I met many professors."
"I heard about that; you’re really capable! Truly capable!" Lin Xudong laughed.
He did know about Zhao Yi’s research, which seemed quite amazing and had been reported in various media. But he could hardly connect a person of the professor’s caliber with this scoundrel related to his daughter. He simply followed Zhao Yi’s tone and asked, "You tell me then, what is the big professor from the Science Academy doing at your house?"
"Discussing some scientific research with me."
"What scientific research? Be more specific!" Lin Xudong seemed to want to expose Zhao Yi, and kept asking.
Zhao Yi raised his head and looked at Lin Xudong, scrutinizing his face, then sighed and said, "Alright. It’s like this - they are designing a smart product, called ’Smart Ah Niu’. The main feature of this ’Smart Ah Niu’ is that it can understand the beginnings of various songs and continue to sing along!"
"Is it really that amazing?"
"Uncle Lin, I’m not going to discuss this with you anymore, I still have to go back!" Zhao Yi showed the things in his hand, then returned with Xiao Zhicheng.
Lin Xudong went back home.
Lin Xiaoqing came out of the room and asked curiously, "Dad, do you know who’s at Zhao Yi’s house? He only told me it’s some professor."
Zhao Hongjuan also poked her head out of the room, "Yeah, I went out for groceries earlier and saw two of your colleagues standing downstairs. Who’s that VIP?"
"A professor from the Science Academy."
Lin Xudong felt that there was room for maneuver, "Zhao Yi said he’s here to discuss scientific research with him. I asked what research, and he said something about making a ’Smart Cow’ that can understand all kinds of music. I don’t quite understand it either."
"Smart Cow, listening to music?"
Lin Xiaoqing pondered carefully for a moment before quickly realizing and saying a phrase, "Playing the lute to a cow?"
Lin Xudong was stunned.
Zhao Hongjuan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
The whole family figured it out.
Lin Xudong’s face turned red with anger, and he went to put on his shoes at the door, "That kid dares to insult me, I won’t let him off!"
Zhao Hongjuan and Lin Xiaoqing went over while laughing and held him back.
Zhao Hongjuan said, "You see, you didn’t realize it at the time, and you still have the audacity to go find him. Isn’t playing the lute to a cow exactly what you’re doing? Zhao Yi is such a smart kid, discussing research with the old professor, and you keep asking him what?"
"Playing the lute to a cow, that phrase is well used, very appropriate. When you get back, you should change your name to Lin Xuniu..."
Lin Xudong really wanted to punch someone upon hearing this.
Lin Xiaoqing blinked and suddenly became a little worried for Zhao Yi. She picked up her phone and sent him a message, "My dad knows now, be careful."
A response soon came.
"Heroine Lin, you can protect me!"
Lin Xiaoqing chuckled at her phone and pursed her lips to send back two words, "Annoying!"
...
Professor Liu continued to study the code.
Zhao Yi’s code design was quite complex, and it wasn’t easy to fully understand in a short period of time. Professor Liu divided the code into several ’functional modules’ and labeled them separately.
As he carefully studied the code’s functions, he found them more and more interesting.
This camouflage and penetration functionality was truly incredible, capable of breaking through the majority of security networks. The current security defense systems had virtually no way of stopping this kind of infiltration.
When Zhao Yi came back, Professor Liu immediately began discussing it with him.
Not only did they discuss possible ports for the code to infiltrate and interceptable information, but they also expanded their thinking to consider what kind of functional programs could be hidden under the ’camouflaged’ code and how to directly invade target servers with stealth attacks.
They discussed for an hour. freewebnσvel.cøm
After casually eating something, Zhao Yi wrote a special function code program according to their discussion.
Professor Liu watched closely.
Initially, Professor Liu intended to give guidance on the code writing, but he soon realized he had nothing to say. Zhao Yi’s fingers never stopped during the coding process, as rows of code constantly filled the screen without any pause.
Xiao Zhicheng came over to watch too.
Previously, Xiao Zhicheng didn’t really respect Zhao Yi. As a doctoral student in computer science, he believed that a high school student must have limited skills, and his discovery of a new algorithm was partly due to luck, a sudden "good idea."
Now, Xiao Zhicheng realized he was wrong. Regardless of the ’Screening Method’ or ’Hacker Techniques,’ just Zhao Yi’s coding ability alone could probably surpass three or four Xiao Zhichengs combined.
That speed?
Copying couldn’t even keep up with it!
After writing the code, Zhao Yi ran and debugged it. He prepared to use his own website when Professor Liu suggested a different target, "Use this website, it’s the Science Academy’s information website, a subordinate site of our department. It doesn’t matter; just tell them I did it."
"No need to check; the open port is..."
Zhao Yi entered the information accordingly.
Once the program was officially running, he used another computer to find a proxy IP and open the target website.
A prompt immediately popped up on the webpage, "Do you want to load the XXX program from the website https://www...?"
"Load it!"
Blood-red words instantly appeared on the computer screen: "Warning: Your computer has a virus!"
"It worked!"
Zhao Yi stood up, excited, and even waved his hand vigorously in celebration.
Professor Liu was also delighted.
Xiao Zhicheng and his assistant stood to the side, staring blankly, feeling a little scared.
Was it that easy?
They were also computer professionals and were familiar with computer technology. Knowing only the open port of the target website, they wondered if it was actually possible for someone using their own computer to run a program that would infect users visiting the site with a virus?
No, it wasn’t a virus!
That was just a small animation program executed by calling the user’s underlying functions.
But it was still terrifying if you think about it!
At this moment, Zhao Yi’s Penguin Number suddenly beeps, and Zhou Ming sends a message, "Are you ready? The competition starts at nine o’clock!"
Zhao Yi looked at Professor Liu with an inquiring gaze.
Professor Liu replied, "OK!"
