General Explanation Type: Trojan Degree of destruction: average Prevalence: average What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a kind of malware that enables criminals to lock the victim’s phone so that the user cannot use his/her phone. Sometimes criminals only unlock a small part such as a keyboard so the victim can pay the ransom money to…
General Explanation Type: PUA (Potential Unwanted Application) Degree of destruction: average Prevalence rate: average What is PUA? These are malware that often includes adware or install toolbars or such aims but is not like other malicious malware. This category of malware maybe perform some actions which are not approved or expected by the user and…
General Explanation Type: PUA (potential unwanted Application) Degree of destruction: average Prevalence: average What is PUA? These are malware that often includes adware or install toolbars or such aims but is not like other malicious malware. This category of malware maybe perform some actions which are not approved or expected by the user and are…
General Explanation Type: backdoor Degree of destruction: average Prevalence: average What is “Backdoor” malware? Backdoor malware is applications that give the possibility of bypassing the security mechanisms of a system to the hacker and giving different resources of the system to infiltrators. Hackers can enter the desired system by use of this method without any…
General Explanation Type: Worm Degree of destruction: high Prevalence: High What is the Worm? Computer worms such as Macoute are types of malware that are capable of reproduction. For permanence, worms set ways to maintain the infection in each system boot. The prominent feature of worms is in their distribution which is generally performed through…
General Explanation Type: Trojan Degree of destruction: high Prevalence: average What is a Trojan? Trojans are malware that revealed themselves in the format of an applicable and useful tool. Accordingly, the user downloads and installs them and infects the system without noticing that it is malware. Trojans, usually after installation, act as a backdoor so…
General Explanation Type: APT Degree of destruction: high Prevalence: average What is APT? APT is the abbreviation of Advanced Persistent Threat. As its name speaks, this threat uses a persistent, secret, and advanced hacking technique to reach a system and will remain inside the user’s system with malicious consequences for a long time. Contrary to…
General Explanation Type: Trojan Degree of destruction: average Prevalence: average What is a Trojan? Trojans are malware that revealed themselves in the format of an applicable and useful tool. Accordingly, the user downloads and installs them and infects the system without noticing that it is malware. Trojans, usually after installation, act as a backdoor so…
General Explanation Type: Trojan General threat: low Degree of destruction: average Prevalence: low Information leak: low What is a Trojan? Trojans are malware that revealed themselves in the format of an applicable and useful tool. Accordingly, the user downloads and installs them and infects the system without noticing that it is malware. Trojans, usually after…
General Explanation Type: Trojan Degree of destruction: average Prevalence: average What is Phishing? Phishing is a social engineering technique in which an attacker will mislead users with it and will steal his/her personal information such as user name, password, bank card number, internet password, and CVV2. Conventional and current methods of phishing involve using charming…