Recently, Apple issued alerts to iPhone users in 92 countries including India,cautioning them from mercenary spyware attacks including Pegasus.
National cyber security agency, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a warning against Malware Attack in India‘Akira’:
‘Daam’:
Raccoon Stealer Malware:
Hermit Spyware:
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Companies producing mercenary spyware include the NSO Group, FinFisher, and Hacking Team.
Communication Surveillance in India:
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Types of Malware |
| Ransomware: In a ransomware attack, an adversary encrypts a victim’s data and offers to provide a decryption key in exchange for a payment. |
| Fileless Malware: Fileless malware is a type of malicious activity that uses native, legitimate tools built into a system to execute a cyber attack. |
| Spyware: Spyware is a type of unwanted, malicious software that infects a computer or other device and collects information about a user’s web activity without their knowledge or consent. |
| Adware: Adware is a type of spyware that watches a user’s online activity in order to determine which ads to show them. |
| Trojan: A trojan is malware that appears to be legitimate software disguised as native operating system programs or harmless files like free downloads. |
| Worms: A worm is a self-contained program that replicates itself and spreads its copies to other computers. |
| Rootkits: Rootkit malware is a collection of software designed to give malicious actors control of a computer network or application. |
| Bootkits take this a step further by infecting the master boot prior to the operating system being on boot up, going undetectable at times. |
| Mobile Malware: Mobile malware is any type of malware designed to target mobile devices. Mobile malware is delivered through malicious downloads, operating system vulnerabilities, phishing, smishing, and the use of unsecured WiFi. |
| Exploits: An exploit is a piece of software or data that opportunistically uses a defect in an operating system or an app to provide access to unauthorized actors |
| Scareware: Scareware tricks users into believing their computer is infected with a virus. |
| Keylogger: Keyloggers are tools that record what a person types on a device. In a keylogger attack, the keylogger software records every keystroke on the victim’s device and sends it to the attacker. |
| Botnet: Botnet is a network of computers infected with malware that are controlled by a bot herder. The bot herder is the person who operates the botnet infrastructure and uses the compromised computers to launch attacks designed to crash a target’s network, inject malware, harvest credentials or execute CPU-intensive tasks. |
| MALSPAM: Malicious malware (MALSPAM) delivers malware as the malicious payload via emails containing malicious content, such as virus or malware infected attachments. |
| Must Read | |
| NCERT Notes For UPSC | UPSC Daily Current Affairs |
| UPSC Blogs | UPSC Daily Editorials |
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| UPSC Mains Previous Year Papers | UPSC Test Series 2024 |
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April 13, 2024
