Malware Attacks

Malware

designed to infiltrate a computer system and possibly damage it without the user’s knowledge or consent

-bad software code that wants to do harm to our computers and networks

Virus

made up of malicious code that is run on a machine without the user’s knowledge and infects it whenever that code is run

Worm

a piece of malicious sofrware that can replicate itself without user interaction

Trojan horse

a piece of malicious software disguised as a piece of harmless or desirable software

Remote Access Trojan (RAT)

provides the attacker with remote control of a victim machine

Ransomware

type of malware that restricts access to a victim’s computer system or their files until a ransom or payment is received

Spyware

type of malicious software that’s installed on the system and gathers user information without the user’s consent

keylogger

captures any key strokes made on the victim machine

Rootkit

specific type of software that’s designed to gain adminstrative level control over a computer system or network device without being detected