Bernd Fix

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At the 24C3 in Berlin (2007)

Bernd Fix (born March 19, 1962 in Wittingen ) is a German hacker and computer security expert .

After graduating from high school in Hankensbüttel in 1981, Bernd Fix studied astrophysics and philosophy at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg and graduated in 1989 with a degree in physics with a thesis in theoretical astrophysics.

Fix joined the Chaos Computer Club in Hamburg in 1986 and began working on computer security, especially in the area of computer viruses . At the end of 1986 a virus (rush hour) written by Fix was published in Datenschleuder # 17; further results of his work flowed, among other things, into The great computer virus book by Ralf Burger .

In mid-1987 he developed a method to neutralize the Vienna virus , creating the world's first documented antivirus software.

Fix is ​​also the author of various research viruses, including the VP370 for IBM mainframes . The VP370 source code was allegedly stolen by the Federal Intelligence Service in 1988 and used as part of the “ Rahab Project ” for attacks on Eastern Bloc and NATO mainframes.

From 1987 to 1989 Bernd Fix was one of the speakers for the Chaos Computer Club and co-author of the Hackerbibel 2 . After the death of his friend Wau Holland , who was one of the founders of the Chaos Computer Club, in 2001, Fix helped set up the Wau Holland Foundation and has served as a member of the foundation's board ever since.

From 1998 to 2013 Bernd Fix lived and worked in Switzerland ; he currently lives in Berlin .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GDATA Malware History (The Early Days). Archived from the original on October 10, 2014 ; Retrieved October 10, 2014 .
  2. ↑ DNB 880490047 Ralf Burger: The great computer virus book ( ISBN 3-89011-200-5 )
  3. ^ Securelist (History of malicious programs). Archived from the original on July 24, 2012 ; Retrieved October 10, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Kaspersky Virus Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012 ; Retrieved October 10, 2014 .
  5. ↑ http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Alberts_Anthology_II.pdf Information Age Anthology (Vol.II): National Security Implications of the Information Age (english)
  6. ↑ DNB 940 010 194 Peter Schweizer: Theft from friends - how the Japanese and German secret services spy on the US economy ( ISBN 978-3-498-06277-4 )
  7. ↑ http://chaosradio.ccc.de/doc032.html January 2, 1989 5th Chaos Communication Congress
  8. ↑ DNB 551147253 The Hackerbibel / Chaos Computer Club
  9. ↑ http://www.offiziere.ch/trust-us/habi2/260_habi2.html Hackerbibel 2
personal data
SURNAME Fix, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hacker and computer security expert
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittingen