Malware Types

Karen downloaded a Word document from an email she received from a coworker. Now every document she prints on Mondays ends with the message "I hate Mondays!" People in Karen's Outlook contact list received the same message, but from her.

What type of malware infected Karen's computer?

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan

• Logic Bomb

• Spyware

Lomez is a black hat hacker. He wrote a program that generated random IP addresses and then sent itself out to those IP addresses in hope that they weren't protected by antivirus software. After a short time, more than 50,000 computers were infected, which Lomez used to carry out DDoS attacks on major websites.

What type of malware did Lomez create?

• Virus

• Worm

• Backdoor

• Logic Bomb

• IP Attack

A program that records search and browsing histories, as well as keystrokes, is what type of malware?

• Ransomware

• Worm

• RAT

• Logic Bomb

• Spyware

Penelope writes code for a power company. She inserted a line of code in a system that would kill power for hundreds of homes if she is ever fired from her job.

What type of malware did Penelope create?

• Crypto Malware

• Worm

• RAT

• Logic Bomb

• Spyware

Lomez is a black hat hacker. He wrote a program that generated random IP addresses and then sent itself out to those IP addresses in hope that they weren't protected by antivirus software. After a short time, more than 50,000 computers were infected, which Lomez used to carry out DDoS attacks on major websites.

What did the infected computers become part of?

• Rootkit

• Botnet

• Worm Network

• Trojan

Steve logged in to his computer and received a message that his data is locked and won't be accessible unless he pays $500.

What type of malware infected Steve's computer?

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan

• Ransomware

• Rootkit

What type of survelience technology that records keystrokes can be used by an employer to monitor employee activities, by parents to supervise children online, or by cybercriminals to steal PII?

• Keylogger

• Big Brother Software

• RAT

• Crytpo-malware