Venditoris: Beware of Scams

From Shadow Server’s Knowledge Base, an extensive resource about bad software and the people who create and operate it, comes this great, well-organized description of malware and its many forms.

“Malware constitutes any software written for malicious reasons that infiltrates a computer without authorization and performs some nefarious function. Malware can come in many varieties and perform a myriad of functions. It is malware that is the centerpoint of the modern cybercrime landscape, for it is this carefully engineered software that performs attacks on an automated level among millions of compromised machines around the world”

Topics covered include:

• What is Malware?
  • Trojans
  • Worms
  • Bots
  • Rootkits
  • Spyware/Adware
• Malware Features
  • Backdoors
  • Cryptovirology
  • DDoS
• Malware Analysis
  • AntiVirus Classification
  • Sandboxing
  • Reverse Code Engineering