Malware & Anti-malware

Malware & Anti-malware

The good, the bad and the ugly of software ...

Multiple Select

In this lesson I am going to learn to ... ?

• Define 'cyberattack'

• Describe potential damage cause by cyberattacks

• Describe different types of malware

• Describe how ant-malware software works

• Explain importance of updating anti-malware software

Multiple Choice

Which large social media platform suffered a cyber-attack in July 2020?

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Instagram

• Snapchat

Multiple Select

What might be some of the reasons for hackers to launch cyber attacks?

• Personal financial gain

• Inflict financial or reputational damage on the victim

• The 'challenge' of it

• Revenge for perceived mistreatment

Multiple Choice

What kind of malware was involved in the WannaCry attack of 2017?

• Ransomware

• Virus

• Trojan

• Worm

Multiple Choice

Why was the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK particularly badly affected by the WannaCry cyber-attack?

• The NHS had a large number of computers running an outdated operating system

• The hackers behind the attack had been badly treated by the NHS

• The staff of the NHS were not trained how to deal with a cyber attack

• It was designed to particularly affect hospital computer systems

Multiple Choice

Which airlne lost the details of over 9 million customers in May 2020?

• EasyJet

• KLM

• Ryanair

• British Airways

Multiple Select

The intention of cyber-attacks is often to steal information.

What kinds of information might be appealing to criminals?

• E-mail addresses

• Credit card numbers

• Program source code

• Patented designs

• Shoe sizes

Multiple Choice

Which Wikipedia entry is this?

"any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive users access to information or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy"

• Malware

• Software

• Virus

• Adware

Multiple Choice

Choose the odd one out ...

• Spyware

• Trojan

• Ransomware

• Worm

• Anti-virus

Multiple Choice

Choose the odd one out ...

• Keylogger

• File compressor

• Disk defragmentor

• Anti-virus

• Disk cleanup

Multiple Choice

Guess which type of malware this is from its Wikipedia entry ...

"...software with malicious behavior that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user"

• Spyware

• Ad-ware

• Ransomware

• Trojan

Multiple Choice

Guess which type of malware this is from its Wikipedia entry ...

"the action of recording the keys struck on a keyboard, typically covertly, so that a person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored"

• Worm

• Bot

• Ransomware

• Keylogger

Multiple Choice

Guess which type of malware this is from its Wikipedia entry ...

"threatens to publish the victim's personal data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid"

• Ransomware

• Trojan

• Ad-ware

• Virus

Multiple Choice

Guess which type of malware this is from its Wikipedia entry ...

"threatens to publish the victim's personal data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid"

• Ransomware

• Trojan

• Ad-ware

• Virus

Multiple Choice

Guess which type of malware this is from its Wikipedia entry ...

"can be programmed/hacked to break into user accounts, scan the Internet for contact information, to send spam, or perform other harmful acts."

• Bots

• Trojan

• Worms

• Spyware

Multiple Choice

Software designed to detect, analyse and remove potentially damaging programs?

• Anti-malware

• Anti-virus

• Anti-adware

• Anti-spyware

Multiple Choice

Choose the best word to complete this sentence.

"Heuristic analysis is a(n) ______ based analysis that determines the susceptibility of a system towards particular threats or risks using various decision rules or weighing methods."

• expert

• needs

• abstracted

• data

Multiple Select

In this lesson I have learned to ...

• Define 'cyberattack'

• Describe consequences of a cyber attack

• Describe characteristics of types of malware

• Describe how ant-malware works

• Explain need to keep anti-malware up-to-date

Open Ended

Thinking Hard

Create a short test with 3 questions about what you have learned in this lesson.

Provide the answer to each question too.

(press Shift+Enter to take a new line ...)

Poll

How much of this lesson have you understood?

• None of it

• Some of it

• Most of it

• All of it