This week we are going to discuss the Spyware and conventional spyware methods and how to prevent our systems from those attacks.
Spyware:
Spyware is a malicious code or software that gets installed in the system without user's knowledge and transfers the sensitive information of the user to the attackers or sometimes used to track our internet usage and personal details without our knowledge and sells that info to the advertisers. Its a most common threat where most of the internet users get affected unknowingly.
Let's see some common types of spyware
Adware: Adware is most common among the spyware which comes in the sidebar when you visit any websites. It displays the advertisement related to the search you recently used but figuring out which is the trusted one or malicious is not that easy for the internet users.
Trojans: Trojan is the malicious software where it acts as legitimate software and makes a user to download it in their system. Later on, slowly it harvests the sensitive information of the user such as banking passwords or social security number without user knowledge.
Keyloggers: Keyloggers are the system monitors where it captures all the information the user performs in the system such as search history, website visited, chat room discussion, and emails. They sometimes even capture the printed documents and transfers those details to the attackers.
Tracking Cookies: Using browser cookies, attackers will able to gain access to the user's browser usage's and sensitive information and histories of the page visited.
Techniques to prevent spyware:
1. Install an antivirus and have updated patches and schedule auto-scanning at least once in a week.
2. Add ad-blockers in the browser to avoid unwanted ads from getting displayed in the page visited.
3. Don't download any freeware from untrusted parties on the internet.
4. Don't click or download attachments from the suspected email links.
References:
What is spyware? And how to remove it. Retrieved from https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-how-to-catch-spyware-before-it-snags-you.html
Spyware. Retrieved from https://www.malwarebytes.com/spyware/
Spyware:
Spyware is a malicious code or software that gets installed in the system without user's knowledge and transfers the sensitive information of the user to the attackers or sometimes used to track our internet usage and personal details without our knowledge and sells that info to the advertisers. Its a most common threat where most of the internet users get affected unknowingly.
Let's see some common types of spyware
Adware: Adware is most common among the spyware which comes in the sidebar when you visit any websites. It displays the advertisement related to the search you recently used but figuring out which is the trusted one or malicious is not that easy for the internet users.
Trojans: Trojan is the malicious software where it acts as legitimate software and makes a user to download it in their system. Later on, slowly it harvests the sensitive information of the user such as banking passwords or social security number without user knowledge.
Keyloggers: Keyloggers are the system monitors where it captures all the information the user performs in the system such as search history, website visited, chat room discussion, and emails. They sometimes even capture the printed documents and transfers those details to the attackers.
Tracking Cookies: Using browser cookies, attackers will able to gain access to the user's browser usage's and sensitive information and histories of the page visited.
Techniques to prevent spyware:
1. Install an antivirus and have updated patches and schedule auto-scanning at least once in a week.
2. Add ad-blockers in the browser to avoid unwanted ads from getting displayed in the page visited.
3. Don't download any freeware from untrusted parties on the internet.
4. Don't click or download attachments from the suspected email links.
References:
What is spyware? And how to remove it. Retrieved from https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-how-to-catch-spyware-before-it-snags-you.html
Spyware. Retrieved from https://www.malwarebytes.com/spyware/
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