{"id":6797,"date":"2020-10-19T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/?p=6797"},"modified":"2020-10-19T14:29:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T18:29:06","slug":"week-8-reading-discussions-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/2020\/10\/19\/week-8-reading-discussions-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Week #8 Reading Discussions: Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Malware<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Described as malicious software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network. (ex. \u00a0computer viruses,\u00a0worms,\u00a0Trojan horses,\u00a0ransomware,\u00a0spyware,\u00a0adware,\u00a0rogue software, and\u00a0scareware)<\/li>\n<li>Detect\/remove malware: windows defender\/Malwarebytes<\/li>\n<li>The term was coined by Yisrael Radai in 1990\n<ul>\n<li>first-known malware is Creeper: moved around different mainframes with a message that said &#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;m the creeper: Catch me if you can.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PUP(Potentially unwanted software): tricks users into installing into their systems through browser toolbars\n<ul>\n<li>can contain spyware functionality&#8230;not normally considered malware unless executes malicious features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have you ever encounter a malware attack? How and why?<\/li>\n<li>What can be used to defend against a malware attack?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malware Described as malicious software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network. (ex. \u00a0computer viruses,\u00a0worms,\u00a0Trojan horses,\u00a0ransomware,\u00a0spyware,\u00a0adware,\u00a0rogue software, and\u00a0scareware) Detect\/remove malware: windows defender\/Malwarebytes The term was coined by Yisrael Radai in 1990 first-known malware is Creeper: moved around different mainframes with a message that said &#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;m the creeper: Catch me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14985,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6798,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6797\/revisions\/6798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec702fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}