Malware Infections

A computer virus is a malware program that, when executed copies itself into other data files, computer programs, or the boot sector of the hard drive with 95% of viruses doing no more than that. (1)(2). A virus might attach itself to a program such as a word document program. Each time the word document program runs, the virus runs too and it has the chance to reproduce by attaching to other programs. (3) Nowadays, it is extremely important to be aware of viruses because they can cause very dangerous consequences such as identity theft and fraud. When people generally think about computer viruses, they normally think about an attack on a computer system, however, they may not be aware of how common computer viruses are. It can be beneficial to know a few of the different types of viruses, the kind of damage they can cause and methods to protect yourself from them. In this essay, we will be covering when computer viruses first made an appearance and contrasting this to how they are like now on social media. Also, we will be covering how they work and what can be done to prevent the growing risks of computer viruses on social media.

Embedded devices are being introduced to hospitals all over the world. These devices allow physicians to collaborate with each other and patients. However, they are also vulnerable to breaches.

The cases of hospital cyber attacks have been on the increase in the recent years. For example, there was a rise in the total cases of data breaches in the United States of America in 2014. According to a report that was presented by the ITRC (Identity Theft Resource Center), data breaches in U.S hospitals in 2014 increased by 27.5% when compared to the previous years. In 2015, data breaches in hospital have reached 5,029 that include an estimation of 675 million records (Fensholt & Holloway, 2013). In 2014, the healthcare industry recorded the highest cases of data breaches, followed by the business sector.

Malware is very troublesome for anyone since it can result in economic loss and many other outrageous problems. Inconveniently, Medstar Health was bound to close all of its systems down in all of its locations

Securing the healthcare information is achieved by taking preventive measures. The importance of health care data security is a delicate issue and it is however important that basic procedures and structure need to be in place to protect patient’s information. Attacks on the mobile devices usually occur through the individuals of the organization by compromising integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the data which are the three main security goals. Manipulating the patient’s medical history by gaining access over the network through mobile devices leads to inappropriate treatment of the patient. If the attacker intrudes the Health Care System, he can take control over the servers that operates the medical devices and disable them

With the adoption of health information technology like electronic health records, it has failed to meet the expectation of making it cost efficient and safer. But even with the high expectations of quality and patient security there has been numerous reasons found to why there are safety hazards which are sometimes referred to as “e-iatrogenesis”. (Bowman,2013) Electronic health records issue evolved due to data being lost and entered incorrectly which has led the loss of information integrity. Therefore, hackers go for the health care industry. Being that health care organization hold onto to “personally indefinable information, such as credit card details, names and email addresses” (Budd, 2016) makes it an easy target because most healthcare facilities don’t invest in money on

Numerous health care industries have been victims of cyber-attacks. Such attacks occur when an isolated device transfers the stored medical data to the hospital’s network, which could possibly takeover the entire network of the hospital and intercept data exchange between the patient and the healthcare center. For instance, wearable devices such as the (insulin) diabetes kit that determines the exact amount to be discharged into the patient’s blood, based on

The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the huge problem that the world is facing when it comes to malware and the infection of the world’s large smart phone community. In the world today there are over 7 billion phones that is at risk, I will be looking to identify some of the threats. We will also tackle the issue of combating the attacks of malware. Malware can be very costly and dangerous to the everyday person. Apple machine was once thought to safe from malware and viruses; however, the security of the Apple that was perceived by most has come to a halt. Earlier this year in January, a new tech support scam found its way onto iMacs and MacBook’s, and froze the user’s system by repeatedly opening iTunes. The installed malware

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Information security and privacy is occupying a most important role in the healthcare territory in order to deliver protected information process to their patients (Appari, & Johnson, 2010). As healthcare department is the organization with vast data and essential information the hospitals has to keep a useful information security technique in their enterprise process (Mishra et al., 2011). Information security is one such phase in the healthcare sphere which is extremely problematic to describe and evaluate even to the individuals who are working on the process. In the healthcare organization, information is of many types which required for the work and even the security is a main control for almost all the practices which are transmitted out in the healthcare field (Appari, & Johnson, 2010). Hospitals, in specific, have been instructed to create a new set of security specialists to protect healthcare data tools techniques upon which exists may rely. Healthcare data is very critical for patients because it is very confidential records. If a medical apparatus is filled with a computer virus it can even exemplify a possibility to patients ' lives. Hence, hospitals should design alertness of the risk, to defend against concerns to healthcare databanks and be concerned about the high risk of infected computers or medical tools being connected to their networks (Mishra et al., 2011).

The Internet has extended its reach over the last 15-20 years, so is malware (malicious software). Also it has evolved and become more complex and applying new tricks every day. Early forms of malware sought to generate attacks on basic areas of computer systems, but today its aims are increasingly evil, focusing on theft and other illicit activities. Malware has become much more of a concern for organizations; Today, in addition to individual computers and the networks of organizations both large and small, Internet connectivity also extends to devices such as gaming consoles and smartphones. And as computing architectures shift, protecting organizations, governments, and citizens from malware has become even more of a challenge for network experts.

If a virus gets into one computer, it is likely to spread quickly across the network because it will get into the central backing store.

Virus infection and inappropriate usage of systems by staff were the cause of most incidents, with viruses causing the greatest number of serious incidents. The average cost of an organization’s most serious incidents was roughly £10,000 ($96,000), and in large companies it was more like £120,000 ($235,200) (DTI, 2006).

Computer viruses are minute program which is “embedded inside an application or within a data file which can copy itself into another program“(Adams et al, 2008 ) for the sole determination of meddling with normal computer operations. The consequences may range from corruption and deletion of data; propagation of virus on to network and deployment through attachments through emails in order to further creating havoc to all associated computing devices.

Some viruses are programmed specifically to damage the data on your computer by corrupting programs, deleting files, or even erasing your entire hard drive. Many viruses do nothing more than display a message or make sounds / verbal comments at a certain time or a programming event after replicating themselves to be picked up by other users one way or another. Other viruses make your computer's system behave erratically or crash frequently. Sadly many people who have problems or frequent crashes using their computers do not realize that they have a virus and live with the inconveniences.