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CSCI340 Jakob Ch1
LU CSCI340 Jakobsson text Ch 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crimeware | software that performs illegal actions unanticipated by a user running the software; these actions are intended to yield financial benefits to the distributor of the software |
| phishing | Online identity theft, in which confidential information is illicitly obtained through a computer network and used for profit |
| click fraud | online advertisers are cheated into paying criminals who simulate clicks on advertisements they host themselves |
| ransomware | data on a compromised machine is encrypted, and the criminal then offers to decrypt the data for a fee |
| browser helper object | can detect changes to the URL and log information when a URL is affiliated with a designated credential collection site |
| hooking | An application-level software package used to intercept keystroke data |
| device driver | A kernel-level form of software that can store keyboard and mouse inputs in conjunction with monitoring the user’s activities. |
| screenscraper | monitors both the user’s inputs and portions of the display. can thwart alternate on-screen input security measures. |
| scancode | a numeric representation of the key that the user pressed |
| DNS cache | stored on the user’s local machine and keeps track of responses provided by DNS servers |
| trawler phishing | A web proxy attack, in which a malicious web proxy receives all web traffic from a compromised computer and relays it to a legitimate site, collecting credentials and other confidential information in the process. |
| session hijacking attack | information is received from a user and passed through to the legitimate site until the desired authentication and/ or transaction initiation has been performed, whereupon the session is hijacked. |
| hostname lookup (pharming) attack | a website at the correct hostname, but incorrect IP address, relays data between the user and legitimate site, to provide verisimilitude and delay detection. |
| staged downloaders/modular malicious code | Crimeware instances employing a two-stage approach |
| backdoor | opens up a means for remote control of the victim’s computer, usually via a TCP/IP port on which it listens for commands, either manually sent or sent en masse to a botnet |
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