Malware

I found an article on identity theft that ruined a man’s life. David Crouse was a victim of identity theft. Like many people today, he frequently shopped and did his banking online (Waters, 2010). It is believed to be a keystroke malware that infected his computer while he visited online sites (Waters, 2010). Someone had hacked into one of the sites he frequently visited and his computer got infected (Waters, 2010). The criminals were able to pick up all his personal information by…

numbers around the world, especially in the United States. The initial Win32/Medfos infection is usually a downloader component that is distributed in different ways; like by visiting a compromised website that redirects to an exploit or by existing malware that downloads it to the already infected machine. Kelihos is a botnet which utilizes P2P communication to maintain its C&C structure. This botnet is mainly involved in Bitcoin mining and spamming. The Win32/Sogou is a dangerous Trojan…

pay the ransom, you might or might not even regain access to your files. That is why ransomware is very dangerous. However, ransomware has recently been taken to the next level. This new ransomware, named Virlock, is a sandwich of polymorphic code, malware code, and embedded clean code. It has a nasty feature that allows it to stealthily spread itself via cloud storage and collaboration apps (Sjouwerman). Ransomware is playing by different rules, so it is time to train. Once you train and become…

sources of music websites to download their favorite music. (Taylor, Fritsch, & John, 2015) “Cyber-crime or computer crime can be divided into two categories: the first comprises crimes that target computers directly such as viruses, attacks and malware; while the second…

Americans have laid cheek and jowl with terrorism for many years, especially since the events of September 11, 2001. While terrorism is usually concerned with bombings, kidnappings or hijackings, some forms of terrorism are much more costly regarding monetary expense. It is estimated that cyber terrorism costs the consumers at least 100 billion dollars a year, although that is only a rough estimate. Company costs for cybercrime can come from the following areas: loss of intellectual property or…

firewall and how do firewalls ensure my PC? A firewall is programming projects or equipment used to search out programmer's infections and worms that attempt to get to your PC utilizing the web. Firewalls shield your PC against spyware, adware and malware. The firewall ensures your PC system in two noteworthy ways. Initially it pieces access to all sensible ports and it keeps your PC system addresses…

Questions Relevant to the Case Things to keep in mind for the forensic investigation for this case: • To identify the malicious activities with respect to 5Ws (Why, When, Where, What, Who). • To identify the security lapse in their network. • To find out the impact if the network system was compromised. • To identify the legal procedures, if needed. • To provide the remedial action in order to harden the system Relevant Guidelines for Initial Preparation Before starting the investigation,…

requests are sent to the server resulting in overloading the server and preventing legitimate usage (Taylor et al., 2011). A blended attack is an attack that involves a combination of attacks using worms, Trojan horse, virus, and other types of malware. The blended attack utilizes multiple payloads and targets that make up the virus programming (Taylor et al.,…

Computer crime are referred to criminal activity where computer are involved. The computer may be the target of the crime or have been used to commit the crime. Net crime refers to the use of internet to commit the crime. Cyber crime are usually a combination of the two individuals and can be defined as “Offences that are committed against individual or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim…

Android Malware and Botnets Malware in differing forms has been present since computers were first invented. One of the most interesting kinds of malware is that which takes control of a computer and reports back to the malicious actor that infected the computer. The malware allows an attacker to use the infected computer, effectively making the computer a bot. Normally, these bots are part of a network of infected computers known as a botnet. The attacker in control of a botnet can use it for a…