Section 6.49 Trojans Flashcards
Objectives 2.4 Given a Scenario, analyse indicators of malicious activity
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Trojans
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Piece of malicious software that is disguised as a piece of harmless or desirable software. Claims that it will perform some needed or desired function for you.
Trojans are commonly used today by attackers to exploit a vulnerability in your workstation and then conducting data exfiltration to steal your sensitive documents, creating backdoors to maintain persistence on your systems, and other malicious activities
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Remote Access Trojan (RAT)
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Widely used by modern attackers because it provides the attacker with remote control of a victim machine
Tetris: Attacker passed out floppy disk of Tetris (the game) but it was an infected version which allowed the attacker to take control of the system
