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    The document provides instructions for a lab on analyzing malware. The objectives are to research and analyze malware programs. Malware refers to malicious software that can harm systems, steal data, and bypass security. An estimated one million new malware threats are released daily. The lab tasks students with searching for recent examples of malware from different types, like Trojans, adware, or exploits. Students must read about four examples and write a summary of one that explains what it does, how it spreads, and the impact. Suggested sites to search include McAfee, Malwarebytes, and Security Week. The only resource needed is internet access.

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    The document provides instructions for a lab on analyzing malware. The objectives are to research and analyze malware programs. Malware refers to malicious software that can harm systems, steal data, and bypass security. An estimated one million new malware threats are released daily. The lab tasks students with searching for recent examples of malware from different types, like Trojans, adware, or exploits. Students must read about four examples and write a summary of one that explains what it does, how it spreads, and the impact. Suggested sites to search include McAfee, Malwarebytes, and Security Week. The only resource needed is internet access.

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    The document provides instructions for a lab on analyzing malware. The objectives are to research and analyze malware programs. Malware refers to malicious software that can harm systems, steal data, and bypass security. An estimated one million new malware threats are released daily. The lab tasks students with searching for recent examples of malware from different types, like Trojans, adware, or exploits. Students must read about four examples and write a summary of one that explains what it does, how it spreads, and the impact. Suggested sites to search include McAfee, Malwarebytes, and Security Week. The only resource needed is internet access.

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    Lab – Anatomy of Malware

    Objectives
    Research and analyze malware

    Background / Scenario
    Malware, or malicious software, refers to a variety of malicious software programs that can be used to cause
    harm to computer systems, steal data, and bypass security measures. Malware can also attack critical
    infrastructure, disable emergency services, cause assembly lines to make defective products, disable electric
    generators, and disrupt transportation services. Security experts estimate that more than one million new
    malware threats are released each day. A McAfee Labs report indicates almost 500 million known malware
    threats at the end of 2015.
    Note: You can use the web browser in virtual machine installed in a previous lab to research security related
    issues. By using the virtual machine, you may prevent malware from being installed on your computer.

    Required Resources
     PC or mobile device with Internet access

    Conduct a Search of Recent Malware


    a. Using your favorite search engine, conduct a search for recent malware. During your search, choose four
    examples of malware, each one from a different malware type, and be prepared to discuss details on
    what each does, how it each is transmitted and the impact each causes.
    Examples of malware types include: Trojan, Hoax, Adware, Malware, PUP, Exploit, and Vulnerability.
    Some suggested web sites to search malware are listed below:
    McAfee
    Malwarebytes
    Security Week
    TechNewsWorld
    Lampion Trojan: https://cyware.com/news/newly-discovered-lampion-trojan-found-targeting-portuguese-
    users-fce0a97a
    Wannacry Ransomware: https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/FactSheets/NCCIC
    %20ICS_FactSheet_WannaCry_Ransomware_S508C.pdf
    Firefox 73 Vulnerability: https://threatpost.com/mozilla-firefox-73-browser-update-fixes-high-severity-rce-
    bugs/152831/
    PUP.(Optional): https://blog.malwarebytes.com/detections/pup-optional/
    b. Read the information about the malware found from your search in step 1a, choose one and write a short
    summary that explains what the malware does, how it is transmitted, and the impact it causes.
    - The WannaCry ransomware attack was a May 2017 worldwide cyberattack by the WannaCry
    ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by
    encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. This randsomeware
    spread through email spam.

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