Unit 9 Assignment 3 Summary Report on a Malicious Code Attack
Malicious code is the term used to describe any code in any part of a software system or script that is intended to cause undesired effects, security breaches or damage to a computer or system without the owner’s knowledge or consent. There are much exploitation of vulnerabilities, like viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, and rootkits. Malicious code describes a broad category of system security terms that includes attack scripts, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, backdoors, and malicious active content. Malicious code is an application security threat that cannot be efficiently controlled by conventional antivirus software alone. Malicious code can either activate itself or activate after a user perform an action, such as clicking on something or opening an email attachment.
The most recent cyberattacks were laid against the Canadian government by Chinese hackers, who penetrated the computer systems of two key agencies, the Finance Department and the Treasury Board, forcing them offline. With advances in network collaboration tools, from email toSharePoint 2010, there is incredible potential for sharing and collaborating ideas and information. Unfortunately, malware can spread just as easily.
As computers have evolved, so have the attacks against them. But before the Internet became so widely accessible, viruses spread mainly through floppy disks and other removable media. The following article will explore some of the most notorious email hacks and viruses from the past, to the present.
CREEPER
Type: Worm
Year: 1971
Users affected: DEC PDP-10 computers running the TENEX operating system.
Infection and spread: Using the Tenex operating system and ARPANET, a self-replicating virus spread between DEC PDP 10 systems displaying the message, “I’M THE CREEPER CATCH ME IF YOU CAN”.
Hacker Motivation: (Experiment) Not intended to be malicious, the virus was designed by BBN Technologies engineer Bob Thomas to explain how a virus could infiltrate, and be
The most recent cyberattacks were laid against the Canadian government by Chinese hackers, who penetrated the computer systems of two key agencies, the Finance Department and the Treasury Board, forcing them offline. With advances in network collaboration tools, from email toSharePoint 2010, there is incredible potential for sharing and collaborating ideas and information. Unfortunately, malware can spread just as easily.
As computers have evolved, so have the attacks against them. But before the Internet became so widely accessible, viruses spread mainly through floppy disks and other removable media. The following article will explore some of the most notorious email hacks and viruses from the past, to the present.
CREEPER
Type: Worm
Year: 1971
Users affected: DEC PDP-10 computers running the TENEX operating system.
Infection and spread: Using the Tenex operating system and ARPANET, a self-replicating virus spread between DEC PDP 10 systems displaying the message, “I’M THE CREEPER CATCH ME IF YOU CAN”.
Hacker Motivation: (Experiment) Not intended to be malicious, the virus was designed by BBN Technologies engineer Bob Thomas to explain how a virus could infiltrate, and be
References: The Most Notorious Email Attacks Of All Time | SherWeb. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sherweb.com/blog/the-most-notorious-email-attacks-of-all-time/