Named attacks/malware
a time bomb was designed to infect DOS systems, more specifically the master boot record of the hard disk and the boot sector of floppy disks
What is Michelangelo?
location and methods that could constitute a security risk
What is an attack surface?
malicious software code that is unleased and attempts to preform its destructive content
What is virus?
Deploys to prevent security analysts from reading the source code by attempting to prevent access to or disassembled of the code itself
What is an armored virus?
Most cyberattacks come from this place
What is Russia/Ukraine?
A logic bomb that specifically targets programmable logic controllers which allow the automation of electromechanical processes such as those used to control machinery and industrial processes including gas centrifuges for separating nuclear material
What is Stuxnet?
Small text files saved on the computer for web browsers and websites
What is a cookie?
Malware that moves from one computer to another through computer networks and/or open network connection
What is a worm?
Encrypts data so user cannot access it until a fee is paid to the hacker
What is ransomware?
Weakest link in a security chain
What is a user?
Ransomware where it made a hospital pay 17k
What is Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital?
a secret or unknown access point into a system
What is a backdoor?
Malware hidden inside other software that appears harmless
What is a Trojan Horse?
Changes its characteristics to avoid directions from an antivirus programs
What is a polymorphic virus?
The most common type of malware
What is a virus?
a Trojan horse that infected computers, sometimes turning them into zombies or bots to continue the spread of the virus and to send a huge amount of spam mail
What is Storm Worm?
a computer-software vulnerability either unknown to those who should be interested in its mitigation or known and a patch has not been developed
What is a zero-day vulnerability?
Deploys its payload when a date or time occurs
What is a time bomb?
Virus that infects a computer before the operating system loads
What is a rootkit?
Is the best defense against malware
What is prevention?
A virus that did an estimated $38 billion in damages in 2004
What is the Mydoom virus?
using social skills, tools, and techniques to obtain personal information
What is social engineering?
Deploys when conditions exists that the malware is seeking
What is a logic bomb?
Technology that tracks a user’s keystrokes on the keyboard
What is a keylogger?
An approach to finding previously undetected unwanted programs or variants of known viruses
What is heuristic methodology?