Malware: Key Insight for Cyber Security Threat

Abstract

The increasing use of internet and technology today cannot be separated from cybercrime that can threaten its users. The cyber threats attempts to infiltrate the computer or mobile device offline or the internet, chat (online) and anyone can be a potential target. Today, malicious code, here in after referred to as malware, has evolved into one of the most important dangers and threats that affects the security of information technology (IT) systems.  In the past two years, the more malicious software has been created than in the previous ten years combined. Malware has its own defense system and it is possible to hide from antivirus or even infect the antivirus itself.

The degree of the technique complexity and the level of knowledge needed to analyze malware are proportional to the level of sophistication of the sample [1]. It has been confirmed that having a method independent of technical tools may be useful to adapt it to the complexity that different types of malware may present.  Malware can be handled by knowing how to work when doing an attack into a computer system. This paper aims to describe malware and to better understanding how they can infect computers and devices, the level of threats they pose, and how to protect devices against them.