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Malware Flashcards
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- 1MalwareMalware is malicious software designed to infiltrate a computer system and potentially damage it without the user’s knowledge or consent.
- 2Types of MalwareVirus
Worm
Trojan Horse
Spyware
Rootkit
Spam
Ransomware - 3Trojan HorseAppears to perform desired functions but is actually performing malicious actions behind the scene.
- 4WormSimilar to a virus except that it self-replicates, whereas a virus does not.
- 5VirusCode that runs without the user’s knowledge; it infects the computer when the code is accessed and executed.
- 6RansomwareRestricts access to a computer system or locks the system until a ransom is paid. Often propagated by a Trojan horse.
- 7SpywareMalicious software either downloaded unknowingly from a website or installed along a third-party software.
- 8RootkitSoftware designed to gain administrator level control over a computer system without being detected
- 9SpamThe abuse of electronic messaging systems such as email, broadcast media, and instant messaging.
- 10Polymorphic VirusA polymorphic virus is a complicated computer virus that affects data types and functions.
It is a self-encrypted virus designed to avoid detection by a scanner.
Upon infection, the polymorphic virus duplicates itself by creating usable, slightly modified copies of itself. - 11Zero Day AttackA zero-day threat is a threat that exploits an unknown computer security vulnerability.
The term is derived from the age of the exploit, which takes place before or on the first (or “zeroth”) day of a developer’s awareness of the exploit or bug. - 12BUFFER OVERFLOWOccurs when a program tries to store more data in a temporary storage area than it can hold. Writing outside the allocated memory area can corrupt the data, crash the program or cause the execution of malicious code that can allow an attacker to modify the target process address space.
- 13ADWAREUsed to describe a form of malware (malicious software) which presents unwanted advertisements to the user of a computer. The advertisements produced by adware are sometimes in the form of a pop-up or sometimes in an "unclosable window".
- 14BACKDOORSIn software or a computer system is generally an undocumented portal that allows an administrator to enter the system to troubleshoot or do upkeep. But it also refers to a secret portal that hackers and intelligence agencies use to gain illicit access.