Potential Indicators of Attacks Flashcards
What is Malware?
Malicious computer Software
What is a Virus?
Malicious software that spreads with human interaction
What is a worm?
Malicious software that spread on its own on the network
What is Crypto malware?
Malware that encrypts your data
What is Ransomware?
When attackers make organizations pay to decrypt Crypto Malware
How do you fight Crypto Malware/ Ransomare?
The main way to fight it is by prevent getting it in the first place. You can mitigate this chance by doing user training on email, doing updates, using Antimalware software. If you get ransomware the only thing you can do is either pay the fee for the decryption key or restore from a data backup
What is a trojan?
Malware that that you download by pretending to be a different type of software
What is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT)
Trojan that gives an attacker complete control over your computer
How do you fight against Trojans / RAT?
Keeping the OS up to date, User Anti Malware, Making sure Firewall is turned on and user Training
What is a BOT?
Software that turns computers and IOT devices into hubs to launch Malware attack
What is IOT Devices?
a IOT device or Internet of Things Device, is a non standard hardware that can connect to a network (IE Baby Monitors, DVRs, Security Camera ect…)
What is Command and Control Center?
The main location where attackers controls the bots /botnet
What is File less virus?
Virus that runs in RAM that never touches the HDD
What is Logic Bombs?
Malware that has a detonation point. This can be time or action.
What is spyware?
Malware that steals your information. Can be hard to detect.
