collect information about recent threats and attacks incident of each of the fol
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collect information about recent threats and attacks incident of each of the following Virus – Worm – Trojan horse – Distributed denial of service – Rootkit – Spam – Phishing collect information about recent threats and attacks incident of each of the following Virus – Worm – Trojan horse – Distributed denial of service – Rootkit – Spam – Phishing collect information about recent threats and attacks incident of each of the following Virus – Worm – Trojan horse – Distributed denial of service – Rootkit – Spam – PhishingExplanation / Answer
Virus
The latest ransomware struck on June 2017. It affected the computers in Russia Ukraine and spread to Romania us India .... .in a matter of hours. In most pcs, it was infected when the users downloaded a popular tax accounting package or visited a local news site. it freezes a users computer until a ransom is paid in bitcoins.
Worm
Wanna cry ransomware worm was found in Britain national health services and in many other companies in Spain in late of 2016. it encrypts the data inside the server and after it has fully encrypted data, it will post a message asking for ransom. this was made using the vulnerability revealed after a huge NSA hacking tool leak in april.
Trojan horse
The latest trojan horse attack was identified in 2017 known as Xafecopy trojan. It was a malware which targeted the android OS.It spread to 47 countries in a month and affected about 5000 pcs. It disguised as a battery optimiser which tracked wap billing systems that was charged directly from mobile bill.
Distributed denial of service
One of the recent DDoS attacks was on Uk national lottery on September 30 it started on 7 pm and knocked down the lottery's website and mobile app, preventing the users from playing the lottery. it continued until 11 pm and the users had to purchase the tickets physically to continue playing the lottery.
Rootkit
The recent rootkit attack was found on 2016 as2.8 million of Android phones were affected. The software can connect the phones using unfettered root privileges. The manufacturer blu was affected most.This was because the Chinese company didn't encrypt the communications sent and received by phone, making it prone to MITM attacks.
Spam
The recent of spam attack was COORDINATOR9S*CKS and it flooded all the Iotas . and made the transfer almost impossible. it was in the final stages to get invested and some people who wanted to make a quick buck ruined it.
Phishing
One of recent phishing attack was amazon ransomware attack in which the attackers used legitimate looking deals in amazon to trick customers into handing over sensitive information which was later used against them.
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