COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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Question
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A colleague can’t open any Word document he has stored on his local system. When you force open one of the documents to analyze it, you see nothing but seemingly random characters. There’s no visible sign the file is still a Word document. Regardless of what you use to view or open the Word documents, you don’t see anything but random characters. Your colleague was most likely a victim of what type of malware
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Virus
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Crypto-Malware
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RAT
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Backdoor
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Crypto ransomware, a malware variant that encrypts files, is spread through similar methods and has also been spread through social media, such as Web-based instant messaging applications.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their system, either by locking the system’s screen or by locking the users’ files until a ransom is paid.
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