31 Mar 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/.