Azero-day exploitis a type of cyberattack that takes advantage of a zero-day vulnerability—an unknown or as-yet-unaddressed or unpatched security flaw in computer software, hardware, or firmware. “Zero day” refers to the fact that a software or device vendor has “zero days”—or no tim...
Acomputer wormis a self-replicating program that doesn't have to copy itself to a host program or require human interaction to spread. Its main function is to infect other computers while remaining active on the infected system. Worms often spread using parts of an OS that are automat...
and refers to code specifically designed to infiltrate a computer or device without authorised access. This umbrella term is used to encompass all the various different types of malware, from computer viruses to Trojan horses, no matter how it attacks its victims or the severity of damage it lea...
5. Computer Viruses Malware contains computer code that acts when downloaded. Computer viruses are a type of malware that can execute a specific action, but they are unique because they seek to replicate themselves by moving to other devices in the network. Typically, the initial recipient will ...
The term “insider threat” might conjure images of hoodie-cloaked hackers, bribed by bad actors to install malware on their employer’s systems. But “insider threat” refers to any kind of cybersecurity hazard caused by employee behavior, whether tha
Computer viruses come in various types, classified by their origin, how they spread, where they store themselves, the files they affect, and their destructive capabilities.
Malwarerefers to various forms of harmful software, such as viruses and ransomware. Once it is in your computer, it can wreak all sorts of havoc, from taking control of your machine, to monitoring your actions and keystrokes, to silently sending all sorts of confidential data from your compute...
The Growing Threat of Credential Stuffing and 6 Ways to Defend Your Organization What Are Cybersecurity Attacks? 18 Minute Read Threat actors employ cybersecurity attacks to perform malicious activities against computer systems, devices, or networks. A cybersecurity attack may use one or several attac...
“These types of viruses are meant to provide the threat actor with unrestricted and deep persistence. They will infect all the way down to the computer’s master boot record (MBR), meaning that even if you reimage your machine, the virus will persist and will be able to execute ...
A computer virus is a malicious program capable of replicating itself by across programs on the target device. If you activate a virus-infected file, the malicious software self-replicates across the device, slowing down performance or destroying data. ...