Attacks

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

Malicious code that attaches itself to a host application.

Is executed when the the host program is run.

Question 2

Armored Virus

Answer 2

A virus that is difficult to reverse engineer by using the following methods:

• -Complex code: Adding additional code to mask what the virus is actually doing.
• -Encryption: Encrypts a portion of the code to prevent the code from being decompiled.
• -Hiding: Attempts to trick AV software into thinking that the location of the file is somewhere else

Question 3

Polymorphic Virus

Answer 3

A virus that changes

Question 4

Vishing

Answer 4

Phishing using VoIP