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Question 1

a hole in the security system deliberately left by the creator of the system

Answer 1

backdoor

Question 2

software that is self-replicating and spreads like a biological virus. gggggggg

Answer 2

virus

Question 3

a virus that can spread without human intervention

Answer 3

worm

Question 4

a notification of a virus that is not true. Often the notification attempts to convince the user to delete some critical file claiming that file is a virus

Answer 4

virus hoax

Question 5

acomputer virus discovered in 2012 designed to target computers running Microsoft windows in the energy sector

Answer 5

shamoon

Question 6

a virus that installs itself and then remains in RAM from the time the computer is booted up to when its shut down

Answer 6

memory resident

Question 7

a virus that attempts to elude detection by performing its malicious activities only sporadically

Answer 7

sparse infector

Question 8

this is a old worm. its illistrative of issues with worms. it was first spread using the Hungarian language, making its release limited. it came in the form of a holiday greeting card wich increased the chances of being read.

Answer 8

the zafi worm

Question 9

this virus has its own SMTP serach engine and sends itself out to as many addresses as it can find

Answer 9

the zafi worm

Question 10

some versions of zafi also attempt a DOS attack on the following sites

Answer 10

www. 2f.hu
www. parlament.hu
www. virushirado.hu

Question 11

wreaked havoc in 2015. users the browser to read user credentials to websites. often attached to emails. will overwrite the master boot record on the hard drive, making the machine unbootable or begging encrypting files in the users home directory

Answer 11

Rombertik malware

Question 12

a computer virus discovered in 16 august 2012 designed to target computers running windows in the energy sector. its a data stealing system. targeted system mostly at saudi aramco

Answer 12

shamoon

Question 13

virus that creates a peer topeer botnet. establishes encrypted communications between infected computers and the command and control computer, allowing the attacker to control the various infected computers

Answer 13

gameover zeus

Question 14

found in 2016, affected netowrk devices runninglinux. it would turn computers into zombies

Answer 14

mirai

Question 15

this is ransomware, discovered in November 2015. targets linux systems. spread via a flaw in Magneto, software thatis used to online shopping cats

Answer 15

Linux.Encoder.1

Question 16

found in Sept 2017was spread through phishing emails that would steal and exfiltrate stollen data via emailssw

Answer 16

Kedi RAT