THREATS

THREATS

1. Viruses

   • EXAMPLES
     • Netsky and Sasser
     • The Morris Worm
       • one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet
       • the first to gain significant mainstream media attention
       • resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
     • The Concept virus
       • the first macro virus to spread through Microsoft Word
     • CIH
       • first emerged in 1998.
       • Microsoft Windows 9x computer virus
       • highly destructive to vulnerable systems
       • overwriting critical information on infected system drives
     • The Anna Kournikova worm
       • computer worm written by a 20-year-old Dutch student named Jan de Wit
       • February 11, 2001
       • designed to trick email users into opening a mail message purportedly containing a picture of the tennis player Anna Kournikova, while actually hiding a malicious program
     • ILOVEYOU
       • attacked tens of millions of Windows PCs
       • 5th of May 2000
       • came in the form of a worm
       • triggered as an email message with the subject line “ILOVEYOU” and the attachment “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs”
     • The Melissa virus
       • circulated in the online space as an e-mail attachment.
       • fast-spreading macro virus
       • when opened disabled a number of security features in Word 97 or Word 2000.
     • The Blaster worm

2. Rogue security software

3. Rootkit

4. Trojan horse

5. Botnet

6. Spam

7. Phishing

8. Malware

   • EXAMPLES
     • spyware
     • keyloggers
     • rootkits
     • Trojan horses
     • viruses
     • worms