SE and Hacking

Hides within another program and is only executed when the host program is executed. When executed creates copies of other files and executes it’s malicious payload. Viruses spread via email. Requires a user

Standalone program that self replicates. Consume bandwidth and overload webservers. Doesn’t need a user

Installed by pretending to be a legitimate software. Once installed executes its own malicious payload

Malware attacks a system and relies on technical weakness

The user

An email is sent from an organisation

• A sense of urgency • Poor spelling and grammar • are impersonal - don’t include your name • have a link that is wrong

Similar to phishing but is sent to your phone, a message is sent pretending to be from an organisation

Looking over someones shoulder

Malicious parts of the software that do things that the user did not intend them to do

• Deleting or damaging data • Providing entry for hackers • Try to make a computer part of a botnet • Stealing data

A type of payload that encrypts the data of a user and asks for a fee to decrypt it

A type of payload that spy’s on the user

A type of payload that redirects a user that clicked on a link to a different website

• Pharming • Spyware • Ransomeware • Shouldering • Pretexting • Phishing • Trojan • Worm • Virus • Brute force attacks • DDOS • Packet Sniffing • Man in the middle • SQL injection