IT for Managers

AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

Security Measures With Reference to IT

Pramod P Nair (44), Harshit Shrotiy (47), Amrita Pritam (32), Shikha Dawar (34)

What is Information Technology?

Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunication equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.


Introduction to Computer Security


Trojan


Virus


Worms


Spyware


Scareware


Keylogger


Adware


Backdoor


Wabbits


A Wabbit is another a self-replicating threat but it does not work like a Virus or Worms. It does not harm your system like a Virus and it does not replicate via your LAN network like a Worms

Exploit


An Exploit is a form of software which is programmed specifically to attack certain vulnerability. For instance if your web browser is vulnerable to some out-dated vulnerable flash plugin, an exploit will work only on your web browser and plugin. The way to avoid hitting into exploit is to always patch your stuff because software patches are there to fix vulnerabilities.

Botnet


Dialer


this threat is no longer popular today but looking at the technology 10 years back or more where we still access the internet using a dial-up modem, it is quite a popular threat. What it does is it will make use of your internet modem to dial international numbers which are pretty costly. Today, this type of threat is more popular on Android because it can make use of the phone call to send SMS to premium numbers.

Dropper


Fake Antivirus


Phishing


Cookies


is not really a Malware. It is just something used by most websites to store something into your computer. It is here because it has the ability to store things into your computer and track your activities within the site. If you really don’t like the existence of cookies, you can choose to reject using cookies for some of the sites which you do not know.

Bluesnarfing


Bluejacking


Disturbed Denial of Service (DDoS)


Boot Sector Virus


Browser Hijackers


Chain Letters


when I was small, I got tricked with chain letters written by my friend. But chain letters does not stop at that era. It brings to adult life as well where people like to send chain letter such as Facebook account delete letter. It usually says if you don’t forward that particular message or email to 20 people or more, your account will be deleted and people really believe that.

Virus Document


Mousetrapping


Obsfuscated Spam


Pharming


Crimeware


SQL Injection


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