01 Apr Modern Day Attacks Against Wireless Networks
Week 4 Outline
Justin Schumann
ISSC 343
March 12 2022
I. Malware attacks seem to be evolving.
-History of Cyberthreats
-How they were different in the 90s, 2000s,2010s,
-what makes them dangerous
-The change from seeking notoriety to focus based attacks
-The ever-constant battle between antivirus programs and new threats
II. New types of threats
– Different threats that have been used in the past 20 years
– Stuxnet
– Duqu
– Flame
– Gauss
III. Cyber Espionage
– The role malware plays in cyber espionage
– State Backed cyber espionage
– How attackers have evolved over time into black hat hackers
– What damage can be done by cyber espionage
IV. Defending against the new threats
– Awareness
– Corporations roles in helping prevent malware threats
– Learning how to protect yourself if compromised
– Antiviruses and how they are they main defense against the new malware threats
References
Ikeda, S. (2020). 85% of Cyber Espionage Is State-Affiliated, Only 4% Tied To Organized Crime. CPO Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/85-of-cyber-espionage-is-state-affiliated-only-4-tied-to-organized-crime/.
Jeffers, D. (2020). A Sinister New Breed of Malware is Growing. PCWorld. Retrieved from https://www.pcworld.com/article/261009/a_sinister_new_breed_of_malware_is_growing.html.
Verizon. (2020). 2020 Cyber-Espionage Report (CER). Verizon Business. Retrieved from https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/cyber-espionage-report/.
