Trojans, Backdoors, and RATS
What does RAT stand for?
Remote Access Trojan
This is software that listens to user activity.
What is spyware?
What does DDoS stand for?
Distributed Denial of Service
This is a virus that is capable of self-replicating.
What is a worm?
This vulnerability relies on a faulty encryption.
What is a cryptography vulnerability?
Sometimes programmers create these for maintenance during development and forget to close them prior to releasing the final code.
What is a backdoor?
These are a type of malware that relies on a specific sequence to trigger.
What is a logic bomb?
This vulnerability is caused by a fault of a third-party organization.
What is a service provider vulnerability?
Do not download or run unknown or untrusted software.
This is a type of malware used to gain administrative credentials on a system.
What is a rootkit?
This Trojan targets a computer that is already infected by downloading and installing a new version of pre-existing malware.
What is a Downloader Trojan?
Logic bombs were the basis of this worm.
What is Stuxnet?