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MALWARE IN PENETRATION TESTING 5

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->RANSOMEWHERE

Class of malware recent enough and can be divided even more `or` uspecifically in cryptovirus, cryptotrojan or cryptoworm.

These special versions of viruses, trojans and worms that can encrypt thecontents of the more popular types of files on the hard disk of the user.

The aim is to can then blackmail the victim for ransom in change thepassword to decrypt the documents. The user does not have backupcopies of the files most important things that he meant to pay as request, would be unfortunate,however, in the typical condition of all cases of blackmail, that is, that they have no guarantee that theterms misadventure after payment of the agreed sum.

->DIALER

Originally, their sole purpose was to create dial-up connections in order to connect to the internet, but later beganto spread versions contact numbers programmed for a particular phone services characterized by high costs anddistinguishable by their prefix, in origin 144, then 166 and finally 899 and 892.

Thanks to the use of modem ADSL, the computer no longer has the option to make those kinds of connections,consequently the number of potential victims is decreasing quickly.

->RABBIT

Today, the vast majority of programs malicious in circulation have the purpose to obtain a gain to organizationscriminals, while the Rabbit have the sole purpose of reproducing continuously to saturate the system's resourcesand unlike the Viruses do not infect any files.