Infection methods (phishing, malicious attachments, drive-by downloads, software vulnerabilities, removable media) and malware motives: financial gain, espionage, sabotage, hacktivism

This week’s topics

Infection methods (phishing, malicious attachments, drive-by downloads, software vulnerabilities, removable media) and malware motives: financial gain, espionage, sabotage, hacktivism

1. How malware can infect systems and spread across networks
2. The motives for the creation of malware

What you will be able to do

• 1.3 Analyse how malware can infect systems and spread across networks.
• 1.4 Evaluate the motives for the creation of malware.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse how malware can infect systems and spread across networks.

Study materials