Malware Essay

How is Malware termed?

In today’s days malware is designated as a software which aims to disturb a computer with the consent or permission of the owner. This term “Malware” is used by computer professionals to describe a varied forms of destructive, annoying and intrusive software code. This word “Malware” is used to indicate all types of malware which include a true set of viruses.

How does Malware attack?

Malware can survive in a number of ways say different sizes, shapes and also the purpose ranging from viruses to spyware and to bots. Malware in general is classified into two types. They are the concealing malware and infectious malware. In case of infectious malware, the malware code is said to spread all over which means that the software code shall replicate from one user to another and this goes on. In infectious malware, we need to consider two cases, which are called the viruses and the worms. Viruses are termed as the software that has executables within itself and causes the executables to spread when it is run. The second case called worms is a software which infects a computer and then spreads to others.

Types of malware:

We have different kinds of malware which have been penetrating through social networks. They are classified as:

Type Description

Virus Attaches itself to a file which is preferably binary

Trojan Looks as if it is useful program but invites attacker

Worm Same as virus but got the capability of spreading at its own

Exploit Malware code which exploits a vulnerability in the application

Root-kit To hide the actual malware from system information

Spyware Spies on the user habits and data and sends it

Phising

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References:

[1]Exploitation—Social Networks Malware, ISACA Journal,http://www.rkmingenieria.com/ifol/wp- content/uploads/2011/03/ISACA_JAN_2011_ChainExploitation.pdf

[2] A Survey of Privacy and Security Issues in Social Networks, Dolvara Gunatilaka

[3] Malware Attacks, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781597495455000021

References for the next week

[1] Seven Deadliest Social Network Attacks By Carl Timm, Richard Perez

[2] The Ongoing Malware Threat: How Malware Infects Websites and Harms Businesses — and What You Can Do to Stop It

Topics for next week

How Websites and Their Users Get Infected

What Makes a Website Vulnerable to Malware?

A critical factor to keep users safe from malware attacks