COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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Malware
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Social Engineering
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Phishing
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Brute-force attack
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Is a Trojan Horse Virus? A Trojan Horse Virus is a type of malware that downloads onto a computer disguised as a legitimate program. The delivery method typically sees an attacker use social engineering to hide malicious code within legitimate software to try and gain users’ system access with their software.
Detailed explanation-2: -Trojans are malicious code or software that infiltrate a computer while impersonating a genuine program and eventually take over the system without the user or IT administrator noticing. Technically, Trojans are not viruses – instead, they are a sort of malware.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Trojan Horse is any type of malware that misleads users of its intent, like a destructive program that appears as a genuine application or software program.
Detailed explanation-4: -Types of malware include computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware and spyware. These malicious programs steal, encrypt and delete sensitive data; alter or hijack core computing functions and monitor end users’ computer activity.