Week 9 – Summary

MALWARE

Malware, or malicious software, is a collection of malicious codes that have unique effect if executed on targeted system. Worms, spyware, rootkits, viruses, etc. are some of the examples of those codes. Malware compromises CIA security Triad. Malware are made by hackers – professional experts who develop certain threat to cause specific issue in order to achieve a particular goal, such as financial gain or possession of confidential data. Making a virus is the same as wring a program except it would for malicious intent. Any professional programmer can write a code to manipulate Windows or any other OS and cause serious issues. It is very important to have Incident Management strategy in place to plan and response to malware attacks.

Question to the Class: Has anyone experienced CryptoLocker infection and found a useful mitigation?

In the News

The personal email account of Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan has allegedly been hacked. The hacker has released a contact list of email information for high-ranking intelligence officials.

Read More at: http://www.wsj.com/articles/cia-directors-personal-email-allegedly-hacked-1445290540