The Latest Malware Threats Against Your PC, Hacking and IT E-Book Dump Release
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The Latest Malware
Threats Against Your PC
Tom Chen
SMU, Dept of Electrical Engineering
Dallas, Texas 75275
tchen@engr.smu.edu
www.engr.smu.edu/~tchen
Malware (Malicious Software)
Worms
Spyware
Viruses
Bots
Backdoors
Your PC
Trojans
Internet
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Malware Damages
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$169-204 billion: total damages from
malware in 2004
[mi2g]
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$300 malware cost per Windows PC, on
average
[mi2g]
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Malware was highest security loss to
organizations in 2004
[FBI/SANS survey]
:
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$67,000 damages per organization
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75% organizations hit by malware attack
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Protection?
Malware can be
downloaded
unknowingly
Via
email
Internet
Routers with
control lists
Firewalls
Antivirus
New attacks can evade detection
10 new software
vulnerabilities
discovered daily
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Spyware
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Spyware: programs that secretly monitor
user activities (visited Websites,
confidential data, passwords) and reports
this data through network
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Often installed secretly:
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Bundled with freeware
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Obscure EULA (end user license agreement)
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Downloaded by malicious Web sites
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