COMPUTER ATTACKS - Replicate themselves

- Resides in memory and infect other files

OBJECTIVES:
- Identify the reason for the increase in
the number of Internet-related security
incidents.
- Describe the most common types of
computer security attacks.
- Outline the actions that must be taken in
response to a security incident.
SECURITY INCIIDENTS: A MAJOR CONCERN
- Modify and/or create new files
- Delete a certain document
- Reformat the hard drive
WORM
A worm is a computer program, which
replicates itself and is self-propagating.
Worms are also harmful and they differ from
standard viruses is that they have this ability
to “Self-propagate” without human
intervention.

WHY COMPUTER INCIDENTS ARE SO The negative impact of a worm attack on an

PREVALENT? organization’s can be considerable-

- Lost data programs

- Lost productivity due to workers being
TYPES OF COMPUTER ATTACKS
unable to use their computers.
1. Virus - ad
2. Worm
3. Trojan Horse
4. Denial-of-Service Attacks
5. Rootkit
6. Phishing
7. Spear-Phishing
8. Smishing and Vishing

VIRUS

The term “Computer Virus” is an umbrella for

many types of malicious code.

A virus is a piece of programming code, usually

disguised as something else, that causes a
computer to behave in an unexpected and
usually undesirable manner.

A true Virus does not spread itself from

computer to computer.

A Virus is spread to other machines when a

computer user opens an infected email
attachment, downloads an infected program, or
visits infected Web sites.

Viruses may execute and affect your computer

in many different ways.