In these videos, you will learn about malware types, how they can spread, and the history of ransomware and malware. You will learn about worms and how they use botnets to spread across the net and infect machines. Patch Tuesday will be discussed and explained. The impact of viruses and how they can impact a company will be discussed.

The takeaways from this lesson will be:

1. Understanding what is a virus and how it spreads.
2. Understanding what is worm and how it uses peer-to-peer to spread.
3. Understanding what patch Tuesday is and why it is important to use care when patching.
4. Understanding the history of ransomware and malware.
5. Exploring major cyber attacks
6. Understanding what can be done to help prevent cyberattacks.

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Cyber Attacks

Discussion – Introduction to Viruses and Malware

Objective

This week’s discussion will engage us in a conversation about some major cyberattacks that had a huge impact for its time. You will answer the questions below to get started. Please provide thoughtful answers and any personal feedback you may have on this topic.

• In May 2017, WannaCry took control of computers and demanded digital ransom
• In September 2016, Mirai launched some of the most powerful and disruptive DDoS attacks
• In June 2019, a ransomware attack dubbed, “Triple Threat”, crippled computer systems in two Florida Cities

Important Dates

This discussion has two dates to remember to complete it successfully. Your initial post should be completed by Thursday at 11:59 pm ET and your response post should be completed by Monday at 11:59 pm ET.

Instructions

Use these questions to get started with your initial discussion board post. Also, please refer back to these when building your peer response post.

1. Who was behind the WannaCry attack?
2. What did the WannaCry cyberattack do?
3. What was Mirai?
4. What exactly did the Mirai attack do?
5. What was the “Triple Threat” and why was it given that name?
6. What has been done to prevent these from happening again?

Initial post

Your initial discussion board post should be posted by Thursday at 11:59 pm ET of this week. Your initial post should fully answer the questions above and incorporate research through online references.

The initial post must also be substantiative and contain at least one (1) reliable online references. These references must be clickable and navigate to active pages. Please intersperse these references within your post and put the link behind the word or phrase to which it refers.

Response Posts

You should write a minimum of one (1) reply posts to a peer by Monday at 11:59 pm ET of this week. The response should address the thoughts and ideas presented by your peer and build upon their ideas by presenting more information.

The peer response will be at least one paragraph long consisting of at least four sentences. Remember that references must be clickable and navigate to active pages.