Chapter 6 Understanding Malware And Social Engineering

Front 1

armored virus

Back 1

virus that is obfuscated to make it difficult to reverse engineer

Front 2

logic bomb

Back 2

executes in response to event

Front 3

worm

Back 3

self replicating malware, negatively affects network performance

Front 4

polymorphic malware

Back 4

malware that changes itself slightly on each iteration so that AV software cannot easily detect it

Front 5

botnet

Back 5

network of bots, often used for malicious purposes

Front 6

rootkits

Back 6

have system level access and can modify system files and system access

Front 7

spear phishing

Back 7

phishing that attacks specific target or group

Front 8

spim

Back 8

spam with instant messanging

Front 9

vishing

Back 9

phishing with VoIP

Front 10

heuristic based detection

Back 10

detection of malware with unknown signature by observing behavior

Front 11

most effective protection against adware

Back 11

pop up blockers

Front 12

drive by

Back 12

used to infect system with trojan