Storm Worm Virus

What is a computer worm?

Several things may come to mind when you think of the word “worm." You may think of delicious soft chewie candies that are sugary and maybe a little sour. Or you may think of the cold-blooded invertebrate animals that wiggle across the Earth’s surface. And if you’re thinking in computing terms, the malware may spring to mind. Similar to real worms, you can say that computer worms don’t have much of a backbone because they often rely on trickery to infect their hosts. They may also seem a bit coldblooded because they can be remorselessly destructive. Let’s learn more about them. read more

MyDoom Virus

What is MyDoom?

While many people call it a virus, technically MyDoom is a worm, as it can operate and spread independently from the host.MyDoom (also known as Nova, W32.MyDoom@mm, Shimgapi, and Email. R) spreads through malicious email attachments. After the victim clicks on the attachment, the worm gets inside the operating system and sends emails to all the victim’s contacts. When people see a familiar name, they are more likely to open a suspicious file. At the time of discovery in 2004, you could also get MyDoom by using the file-sharing platform Kazaa, which is no longer operating.MyDoom adds infected computers to a botnet and then carries out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. When the worm takes control over the victim’s OS, it then opens various ports and provides a backdoor to invite even more malware in.read more

Cryptolocker Virus

Cryptolocker Virus Definition

Cryptolocker is a malware threat that gained notoriety over the last few years. It is a Trojan horse that infects your computer and then searches for files to encrypt. This includes anything on your hard drives and all connected media — for example, USB memory sticks or any shared network drives. In addition, the malware seeks out files and folders you store in the cloud.read more

ILOVEYOU Virus

 What is the ILOVEYOU virus?

The ILOVEYOU virus comes in an email with "ILOVEYOU" in the subject line and contains an attachment that, when opened, results in the message being re-sent to everyone in the recipient's Microsoft Outlook address book. Perhaps more seriously, it results in the loss of every JPEG, MP3, and certain other files on all recipients' hard disks. Since Microsoft Outlook is widely installed as the default email management application in corporate networks worldwide, the ILOVEYOU virus can spread rapidly within a corporation. In fact, this is exactly what happened on May 4, 2000. In just about 10 days, ILOVEYOU reached an estimated 45 million users and caused about $10 Billion in damages.read more

Surface Web ,Deep Web ,Dark Web

Data extraction is one of the most powerful tools enabling you to stay up-to-date with market developments, gain market intelligence, and become competitive in your industry. But extracting data only from surface web pages is usually not enough. There is a deeper extraction process that allows access to high-quality content that’s mostly hidden. Sound dark? To better understand how deep the web can go and what levels of data extraction are available, let’s take a closer look. As a starting point, we’ll differentiate three layers of the net – surface web vs. deep web vs. dark web.read more

Ethical hacking

 What is ethical hacking?

Ethical hacking involves a collection of processes where organizations authorize individuals to exploit a system’s vulnerabilities for a deeper understanding of their existing security posture. When performing an ethical hack, a security professional or researcher replicates the actions and strategies of a malicious hacker. This helps development and security teams to detect and identify security risks before hackers can exploit them.read more

Birthday Attacks

A birthday attack is a type of cryptographic attack that belongs to a class of brute force attacks. It exploits the mathematics behind the birthday problem in probability theory. The success of this attack largely depends upon the higher likelihood of collisions found between random attack attempts and a fixed degree of permutations, as described in the birthday paradox problem.read more