Transcript maliciousattacks.pptx

Malicious Attacks
By: Albert, Alex, Andon, Ben, Robert
Examples of Malicious Attacks
• Malware
– Infectious
– Concealment
– Spyware
• Phishing
• Spam
• Active Hacking
Types of Damage
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Duplicate and distribute virus
Install more malicious programs
Steal keystrokes and passwords
Show advertisements
Take remote control
Use to attack other systems
Slow and overload system
– Usually used against Servers
• No longer just destroy a computer
Botnets
• A group of compromised computers remotely
controlled by a single hacker
• Used to distribute more viruses, DDOS against
web servers
• Computer user may not know system is
infected
• Hacker will compromise systems, and sell
them to highest bidder
Why its an Issue
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Reduces efficiency
Privacy violated
Huge cost of prevention and removal
Stealing information
Dealing with Malicious Attacks
• Anti-virus software
– CMU Provides Symantec or Norton for free
• System Restore for windows
• If all else fails: reformat
• Best practice is to prevent infections