P6.8 – Business Risks - Malware
{"Image DocumentName": "P6.8 \u2013 Business Risks - Malware", "Image ImageDescription": "Malware is software that damages your system, causes instability such as changing settings or interfering with a computer s registry and security settings. Some adware can also be classified as spyware. For example BonziBUDDY, an application marketed as an Intelligent software agent , corrupted many of the user s system files, forcing the display of many obscene advertisements (composed mostly of infected Flash coding); these and the main application logged browsing details and sent them to various third parties. The best-known types of malware, viruses and worms, are known for the manner in which they spread, rather than any other particular behaviour. The term computer virus is used for a program that has infected some executable software and that causes that when run, spread the virus to other executables. Typical examples include malware carrying computer viruses or worms. Albert Gonzalez was accused of masterminding a ring to use malware to steal and sell more than 170 million credit card numbers in 2006 and 2007\u2014the largest computer fraud in history. Among the firms targeted were BJ s Wholesale Club, TJX, DSW Shoe, OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, Boston Market, Sports Authority and Forever 21. A Trojan horse program stole more than 1.6 million records belonging to several hundred thousand people from Monster Worldwide Inc\u2019s job search service. The data was used by cybercriminals to craft phishing  s targeted at Monster.com users to plant additional malware on users\u2019 PCs. Customers of Hannaford Bros. Co, a supermarket chain based in Maine, were victims of a data security breach involving the potential compromise of 4.2 million debit and credit cards. The company was hit by several class-action law suits. The Torpig Trojan has compromised and stolen login credentials from approximately 250,000 online bank accounts as well as a similar number of credit and debit cards. Other information such as  , and FTP accounts from numerous websites, have also been compromised and stolen. P6.8 \u2013 Task 08 - Using the headings below, Describe with examples Spyware, Adware and Malware and describe how your company can minimise the threat of each of these. Loss of Service. Loss of Business. Increased Costs. Confidentiality. System Integrity.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}