chap 1 part 2

Question 1

intellectual property (IP)?

Answer 1

information owned by a company and protected by law (copyrights, etc.)

Question 2

trade secrets?

Answer 2

company plans, customer lists, price lists, etc.

Question 3

malware?

Answer 3

evil software: computer virus, worms, trojans, RATS (remote access Trojans) spam, etc.

Question 4

viruses?= work how/?

Answer 4

spread through email by attaching themselves to other legitimate programs such as emails, text, etc.

Question 5

worms?

Answer 5

full programs do not attach to other programs. uses security flaw in computers and then uses Direct Propagation to spread on own between all connected computers.

Question 6

blended threats?

Answer 6

malware propagates via compromised webpages containing mobile code, viruses, etc.

Question 7

payloads?

Answer 7

pieces of code that do damage (malicious payload = heavy damage) goes into effect after certain parameters are met. implemented via worms/ viruses.

Question 8

blended threats?

Answer 8

malware propagates via compromised webpages containing mobile code/ viruses.

Question 9

direct propagation worm is what?

Answer 9

a worm that takes advantage of a computers security flaw and self propagates to all connected computers. everything can be infected in 10 minutes. the mere self propagation can cause networks to crash due to the bandwidth usage.

Question 10

mobile malware?

Answer 10

spreads via email attachments, (virus) self propagating worms or blended threats.

Question 11

non-mobile malware?

Answer 11

trojan horses/ root kits. placed by hacker on a computer, by a virus. part of payload, social engineering (tricked into downloading). or when webpages are downloaded.

Question 12

Trojan horse?

Answer 12

a program that deletes a system file then re-names itself after said file.

Question 13

Remote access Trojans?

Answer 13

hidden Trojan that allows a computer to be controlled remotely for malicious use.

Question 14

spyware?

Answer 14

cookies, key loggers, password stealing software. data mining. (Trojan horse programs)

Question 15

rootkit?

Answer 15

a set of software tools that enable an unauthorized user to gain control of a computer system without being detected. (hides from the root or admin)

Question 16

down loaders?

Answer 16

small Trojan that is downloaded then allows larger Trojan horse to be installed

Question 17

root accounts?

Answer 17

administrator account on unix computers

Question 18

spyware (password stealing)

Answer 18

logs you out of a website/ database then asks for log in information that is sent to the attacker. (can look like legit website)

Question 19

data mining software?

Answer 19

Trojan that looks for password and username or other personal information on your hard drive. information is sent to attacker.

Question 20

spear phishing?

Answer 20

spam attacks aimed at individuals or groups.

Question 21

phishing?

Answer 21

spam attacks that look like authentic emails.

Question 22

mobile code?

Answer 22

executable code on a web-page (java, etc.) if pc has security vulnerability then code does malicious act.

Question 23

when are trade secrets protected by law?

Answer 23

only when a company tries to make a reasonable effort to keep them secret through standards in the IT security community.

Question 24

trade secret espionage?

Answer 24

a competitor company buys or solicits employee trade secret information, hacks servers, intercepts communications etc.