Malware

Stuxnet. Stuxnet is a piece of malware that was specially designed to be used as a cyber weapon. Stuxnet's target was the Iranian nuclear program. The amazing part of the stuxnet malware was the fact that it didn't harm the average computer. The precedence in the past was that malware would harm the computer that it was placed on. Stuxnet would lie dormant until it reached computers with the nuclear program's software on it. My artifact explains how this malware was created and how it was spread

Virus-notice-warning.com is a compromised website. The domain displays fake security warnings. Malware experts have found that Virus-notice-warning.com is linked to an adware program. The rogue tool tries to make it believe that their computer has been infected by a virus. It shows a warning about a potential threat. The message contains vague and uncertain statements. It will tell you that your PC might not be protected. Undecided words like "can," "might," "maybe," and others such are a red flag

3. Authorization: Elevation of privilege, discloser of confidential data, data tampering, and luring attacks are possible if controls are not in place to prevent them. This would allow attacks to gain control of the system, steal data, and load malware to future exploit other network devices.

Top five security threats to the AMI server Threat 1 - The server is on same subnetwork as the workstations. Essentially, the users and the web server share the same resources; therefore, all AMI users are immediately at risk if an attacker exploits the web service. Basically, having the a public facing server on the internal network adds additional risk to AMI systems. Likelihood of Threat 1 - Forbes magazine estimates that around 30,000 new websites per day are exploited because of weak security

Security threats Security threats defined by acts or objects that pose a danger to a system’s security Security threats divided into 2 types Technical Attacks and Non-technical attacks Technical Attacks Technical Attacks considered one of the most challenging problems that E-commerce should face. The responsible for these attacks typically target sites such as banks, credit card payment gateway. (McDowell, 2009) Denial of service attack DoS Denial of Service attack occurs when a malicious user attempts

Command-and-Control server. From an antivirus perspective, the backdoor that was on disk was encrypted, and the more nefarious code was only in its unencrypted form while in memory. In order to reverse engineer the malware, it required either connecting to the internet or tricking the malware into believing it was on the internet. Red October’s Second Stage – Command-and-Control and Loaded Modules After successfully establishing a connection to one of the three hardcoded Command-and-Control servers

have some type of protection on any computer within a home. The question is whether it is a good type of protection or one that will not stop anything from getting through the protection. Many IT professional recommend that user install some type of Malware protection as

Ransomware: Effective Methods of Prevention Introduction Ransomware attacks have been on the rise over the past couple of years, especially this year when there have been daily reports of hospitals, schools, and police departments falling victim to digital extortion. The Business Insider reported that victims paid more than 24 million dollars to cybercriminals because of ransomware (Turkel, 2016). The occurrence of ransomware has been on the rise in 2016 with its mention in the news almost daily

2031. Though, I have seen many cases like this before that some malware use it for malicious purposes. See the image below. After running the uTorrent.exe 3.4.0 I in Sandboxie I was still not satisfied with the results. The next step I executed the uTorrent 3.4.0 in a clean copy of Windows Vista and dumped the RAM to see if these malware do really exist. After allowing the uTorrent.exe ran for awhile in a clean Windows Vista OS, I then used the tool

different class based on different factors. Such as target discovery, carrier, activation, payloads, and attackers. There are some successful multi-modal worms; however it is still based on the specific method mentioned above. Doesn’t like other malwares, most of worms are only designed for widely spread and do not the host operating systems. However, some payload free worms may cause network traffic increasing and some other effects, such as Morris worm and Mydoom. A payload which is a piece of