Malware

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Stuxnet Virus According to counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, Stuxnet was a weaponized malware computer worm. Stuxnet was launched in mid-2009, it did major damage to Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 and then spread to computers all over the world (Clarke, 2012). Type of Breach The Stuxnet is a computer worm, “it is a digital ghost with countless lines of code… it was able to worm its way into Iran’s nuclear fuel enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran” (Clarke, 2012). A worm is a program that spreads

Operating Systems COEN-283 Fall 2016 Assignment 6 –Security Ques 1: What are the main differences between capability lists and access lists? Ans:- - An access list is a list for each object consisting of the domains with a nonempty set of access rights for that objects. - A capability list is a list of objects and the operations allowed on those objects for each domain. This means each process has been associated with a list of objects that may be accessed, along with an indication of which operations

providers, by sending phishing emails to company employees with a weaponized malware. One of the employee managed to enter his credentials and was used by the hackers to escalate privileges and install a malware (exploit and install stage) on some of the POS (Point of sale) systems that made them gain access to credit card data as shoppers

Wired Magazine online calls Stuxnet, “a piece of software that would ultimately make history as the world’s first real cyberweapon.” (Zetter, 2011, sec. 1) In his article, Is “Stuxnet” the best malware ever? Gregg Keizer of Computer World says: “The Stuxnet worm is a "groundbreaking" piece of malware so devious in its use of unpatched vulnerabilities, so sophisticated in its multipronged approach, that the security

BUL 2241- Module16 - Edward Olford 1. Yes there is a legal problem with Chicita’s system. Under the Can-SPAM statutes one of the condition is that “Must offer an opt-out system permitting the recipient to unsubscribe (and must honor those requests promptly). It violates this by only allowing the recipient to not be tracked for 10 days before resuming tracking. It also violates the CFAA laws (accessing a computer without authorization and obtaining information from it) and would be considered hacking

Presentation Rational Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to inform and educate my audience on the various methods of social engineering attacks because hacking of personal and company accounts and website is in the increase. I want my audience to be able to list and explain three types of social engineering attacks. My central Idea is that social engineering attacks awareness mitigates victimization. Intend Audience: For this presentation, my intended audience consists of people with

A- ICS Vulnerabilities and cyber kill chain 1. Reconnaissance This is the phase of the cyber operation in which the cyberwarriors gather information about potentials targets. This operation can be subdivided in three sub phases. The war planners provides objectives, targeters search for potential target that might achieve the war objectives, intelligence professionals gather information about the target’s weaknesses that might be exploited in an attack (Chapple & Seidl, 2015, p. 5.2). Passive Reconnaissance

In this day and age, Cyberspace touches almost every part of our daily lives. There are very few places that we go that are not in one way or another tied into cyberspace. On a small scale, things such as your home, work, hospitals, schools and even a lot of restaurants are tied into cyberspace. On a much larger scale, things such as the power grids that bring us power every day, nuclear power plants , military information and most of the intelligence the US government has ever collected are accessible

Top five security threats to the AMI server: AMI has a simple/flat network topology design The unpatched server The server has no anti-malware software A public facing web server is running on the LAN The server accepts client data. Top five threats to the workstations: The operating systems and applications are not patched The workstations have no anti-malware software The computers have non-reputable software installed on the systems The workstations need standard accounts for administration The