Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network...
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multiple times over its history by intentionally harmful software. Known as malware, these pose particular challenges both to users of the platform as well...
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Cyberattack (redirect from Malware campaign)
exploit them and create malware to carry out their goals, and deliver it to the targeted system. Once installed, the malware can have a variety of effects...
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Antivirus software (redirect from Malware scanner)
(abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus software was originally developed...
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Ransomware (redirect from Ransomware (malware))
Ransomware is a type of cryptovirological malware that permanently blocks access to the victim's personal data unless a "ransom" is paid. While some simple...
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Malwarebytes (software) (redirect from Malwarebytes' AntiMalware)
Anti-Malware, abbreviated as MBAM) is anti-malware software for Microsoft Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Android, and iOS that finds and removes malware. Made...
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Stuxnet (redirect from Stuxnet (malware))
irregular for malware. The Windows component of the malware is promiscuous in that it spreads relatively quickly and indiscriminately. The malware has both...
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Mirai (from the Japanese word for "future", 未来) is malware that turns networked devices running Linux into remotely controlled bots that can be used as...
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IObit Malware Fighter (introduced in 2004) is an anti-malware and anti-virus program for the Microsoft Windows operating system (Windows XP and later)...
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Trojan horse (computing) (redirect from Trojan (malware))
In computing, a Trojan horse (or simply Trojan) is any malware that misleads users of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program. The...
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Malwarebytes (redirect from MalwareBytes)
specializes in protecting home computers, smartphones, and companies from malware and other threats. It has offices in Santa Clara, California; Clearwater...
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SpyEye (redirect from SpyEye (malware))
SpyEye is a malware program that attacks users running Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox and Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows operating systems...
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Kaspersky Lab (section Malware discovery)
tests | Anti-Malware Test Lab". Anti-malware-test.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2012. "Anti-Malware Solutions Test...
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Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. A CIA internal audit identified 91 malware tools out of more than 500 tools in use in 2016 being compromised by the...
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Linux Malware Detect, abbreviated as LMD or maldet, is a software package that looks for malware on Linux systems and reports on it. To protect Linux systems...
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Air-gap malware is malware that is designed to defeat the air-gap isolation of secure computer systems using various air-gap covert channels. Because most...
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Computer security (redirect from Economic impact of malware)
tools to defend the business." SMBs are most likely to be affected by malware, ransomware, phishing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and Denial-of Service...
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Linux malware includes viruses, Trojans, worms and other types of malware that affect the Linux family of operating systems. Linux, Unix and other Unix-like...
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Hajime (Japanese for "beginning") is a malware which appears to be similar to the Wifatch malware in that it appears to attempt to secure devices. Hajime...
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Rootkit (redirect from Stealth malware)
term "rootkit" has negative connotations through its association with malware. Rootkit installation can be automated, or an attacker can install it after...
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Flame, also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper, is modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows...
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Malware analysis is the study or process of determining the functionality, origin and potential impact of a given malware sample such as a virus, worm...
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NewposThings Malware. This malware is similar to the NewposThings, FrameworkPOS and BernhardPOS malware which were known previously as notorious malware. Multigrain...
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(Malekal's MalwareDB) Malwarebytes hpHosts (Malwarebytes) Malwared (Malwared.malwaremustdie.org) Malware Domain Blocklist (DNS-BH - Malware Domain Blocklist)...
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Pinduoduo (section Malware concerns)
Chinese cybersecurity firm DarkNavy, all labeled Pinduoduo as malware or potential malware. In a report by Bloomberg News, a researcher from Kaspersky Labs...
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is an educational website about malware and cybersecurity. It claims to have the largest online repository of malware. The site was launched in May, 2019...
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Mobile malware is malicious software that targets mobile phones or wireless-enabled Personal digital assistants (PDA), by causing the collapse of the...
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Kronos was a type of banking Windows malware first reported in 2014. It was sold for $7,000. It was developed as a followup to the UPAS Kit which has...
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WannaCry ransomware attack (redirect from WannaCry malware)
CVE-2017-0144 exploit on unpatched systems. When executed, the WannaCry malware first checks the kill switch domain name (iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea...
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