Other Malware Types 2.4

Question 1

Keyloggers

Answer 1

• A piece of software that logs all the keystrokes a user enters on their keyboard
• Not all keyloggers are malicious

Question 2

Malicious Keyloggers

Answer 2

• Unknown to the user
• Not under the user’s control
• Circumvents encryption protections

Question 3

Keyloggers Other Data Logging

Answer 3

• Clipboard logging
• Screen logging
  -Instant messages
• Search engine queries

Question 4

Logic Bomb

Answer 4

• Waits for a predefined event or timeframe to invoke malicious payload
• Difficult to detect
• Has code that has not been seen before on other systems

Question 5

Preventing Logic Bombs

Answer 5

• Implement processes and procedures that limit the change to a system.
• Set up monitoring that alerts when a change has been implemented.
• Constant monitoring of who has access to what systems

Question 6

Rootkits

Answer 6

• Malware
• Modifies core system files
• Invisible to the operating system
• Invisible to antirvus software

Question 7

Removing Rootkits

Answer 7

• Use a anti-malware scan to look for the unusual
• Use a remover specific to the rootkit

Question 8

Boot Security/Unified Extensible Fireware Interface (UEFI)

Answer 8

• Blocks malware that attempts to alter the boot process
• Attests the drivers and OS have not been changed