Malware

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Malware

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Software designed to infiltrate a computer system and possibly damage it without the user’s knowledge or consent

Question 2

Virus

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Malicious code that runs on a machine without the users knowledge and infects the computer when executed

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Boot Sector Virus

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Stored in the first sector of a hard drive and loaded into memory upon boot up

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Macro Virus

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Virus embedded into a document and is executed when the document is opened by the user

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Program virus

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Infects an executable application

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Multipartite Virus

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Virus that combines boot and program viruses to first attach itself to the boot sector and system files before attacking other files on the computer

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Polymorphic Virus

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Advanced version of an encrypted virus that changes itself every time it is executed by altering the decryption module to avoid detection

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Metamorphic Virus

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Virus that is able to rewrite itself entirely before it attempts to infect a file (advanced polymorphic virus)

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Armored virus

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Armored viruses have a layer of protection to confuse a program or person analyzing it

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Hoax Virus

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A virus that tries to trick a user into infect their own machine

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Worm

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Malicious software, like a virus, but is able to replicate itself without user interaction

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Trojans

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Malicious software disguised as a piece of harmless or desirable software

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Remote access trojan (RAT)

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Provides the attacker with remote control of a victim computer and is the most commonly used type of trojan

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Ransomware

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Malware that restricts access to a victim’s computer system until a ransom is received

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Spyware

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Malware that secretly gathers information about the user without their consent

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Grayware

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Software that isn’t benign nor malicious and tends to behave improperly without serious consequences

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Rootkit

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Software designed to gain administrative level control over a system without detection

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DLL Injection

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Malicious code is inserted into a running process on a windows machine by taking advantage of dynamic link libraries that are loaded at runtime

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Driver Manipulation

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An attack that relies on compromising the kernel-mode device drivers that operate at a privileged or system level

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Shim

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Placed between two components to intercept calls and redirect them

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Spam

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Activity that abuses electronic messaging systems, most commonly through email

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Spam Over Instant Messaging (SPIM)

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Spam but utilizes instant messaging applications