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Malware and different types of malware

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Malware and different types of malware

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  1. MALWARE & AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF MALWARE H A C K E R C O M B A T

  2. Malware Malwareormalicioussoftwarecouldbedefinedasthesoftwarethat cybercriminalsdevelopwithmaliciousintents- likeaccessingand causingdamagetoacomputer/mobiledeviceoranetworkof computers,mostlywithouttheuser(s) beingawareoftheinfiltration donebythemalicioussoftware. Manydifferentkindsofmalwareprevalenttoday. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  3. Different kinds of malware Virus Trojan Spyware Ransomware ComputerWorm Wipermalware Botnet Adware H A C K E R C O M B A T

  4. Virus Acomputervirusisamalicioussoftwarethatcancopyitselfonto multiplecomputers,intheprocessperformingadditionalmalicious taskslikecorruptingdataordestroyingdata. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  5. Trojan TheTrojanorTrojanHorseisthekindofmalwarethatdisguisesitself asalegitimatetoolthatwouldtrickauserintoinstallingitsothatthe hackercanuseittocarryoutmaliciousactivities. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  6. Spyware Aspyware,asthenamesuggests,isamalicioussoftwarethatisused byhackerstomonitortheactionsthattakeplaceonasystemorany otherdevice.Hackersusuallyusespywaretomonitorwebbrowsing history,themessagestransmittedtoandfromasystem (ornetwork), theapplicationsonthesystemetc. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  7. Ransomware Ransomware,whichseemstobethemalwaremostincirculation thesedays,isreallydangerous.Aransomwarecouldencrypt everythingontheinfectedsystemandthustheuserwouldbe lockedout. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  8. Computer Worm Awormisamalwarethatspreadsitselffromcomputertocomputer withoutanyactiononthepartoftheusers.Thisisdoneexploiting OSvulnerabilitiesorsoftwarevulnerabilities. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  9. Wiper malware Thewipermalware,asthenamesuggests,erasesordestroysallthe datathat’sthereonasystemornetwork.Sometimesthehackersdo thisaftersecretlyremovingthetargetdatafromthesystemor network. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  10. Botnet Botnetreferstocybercriminalsusingamalwaretohijackanetwork ofcomputers,whichcanthenbeusedtocarryoutmalicious activitiesorattacks- toexecuteDDoSattacks,tosendspam,to attackothersystemsornetworksetc. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  11. Adware Adwareisthesoftwarethatpushesorautomaticallygenerates onlineadvertisementsthattheuserwouldhavetoclickontogetrid of,therebyhelpingthedevelopergeneraterevenue.Adware implementsadsindifferentways- fullscreen,bannerdisplay,video, pop-up,staticboxdisplayetc. H A C K E R C O M B A T

  12. Thank you Visitformoreinformationabouthackercombat H A C K E R C O M B A T

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