- A crypter is software that prevents the malware code from being analyzed and reverse-engineered. It also prevents detection from anti-virus software.
- Sheep dipping is analyzing emails, files, and systems for malware.
- Terminate and stay resident is a virus that sits in RAM and infects anything opened on the system until the computer is shut down or rebooted.
- Learned about different kinds of viruses, back doors, worms, and malware.
- I learned about malware analysis, including sheep dipping, static analysis, and dynamic analysis
- Heuristic algorithms generate fairly accurate results in a short amount of time. It focuses on speed instead of accuracy and completeness.
- I learned the commands to use with netstat.
The article I read about was a security breach at Marriott Hotels. Information exposed was emails, names, addresses, phone numbers,and birthdays. This was accessed using login credentials of two employees at a franchise property. 5.2 million guests information were compromised. Didn't say if they caught them.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/marriott-data-breach-exposes-over-5-million-people-latest-major-security-hack/
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