ENGR8762 Computer Networks And Cybersecurity

Introduction

Malicious is a kind of malware software which is very harmful to human-computer systems.  There are many forms of a malware attack, for example, viruses, spyware, rootkits, worms, and adware. In the last few years the rate of malicious attacks is increasing very fast because many consumers use wireless networks which are very less secure and hackers use malware software to block computer systems. The main purpose of this research report is to investigate different types of malicious software and prevention methods to avoid this type of security threats. Any malicious software first collects personal information of computer networks like IP address, data links and type of networks after that they produce unwanted traffic signals and transfer into consumer private networks. This report is explaining the different types of policies, and strategies to protect personal data from malicious software.

Damshenas, M., Dehghantanha, A. and Mahmoud, R., (2013) A survey of malware propagation, analysis, and detection. International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics (IJCSDF), 2(4), pp.10-29.

The title of this journal paper is a survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection that was transcribed by Damshenas, M., Dehghantanha, A. and Mahmoud, R. According to the author, malware is a kind of security threat that produced unauthentic signals by using malicious software and encrypts human computer networks. There are many organizations and consumers which are facing this type of problem and users can lose their personal information. The main objective of this article is to analyze the fundamental concept of malicious software and security policies to protect data from this attack. The author provided an overview of malicious attack and their types in order to reduce malware attacks. In which malware first detect the location of computer networks and after that the send spam emails to consumers and block their peripheral devices. According to this article in some cases, the malicious software will not completely harmful to the system but they reduce the overall performance and efficiency of devices.

In this article, the author used a mixed method which is a combination of both quantitative and qualitative data. Qualitative data provide theoretical information about the malicious attack and quantitative process produce data and statistics regarding the research topic. The researcher used a secondary method to collect data from various resources like journals, books, and online websites. To reduce the security threats of malicious software information technology developed, for example, Anomaly-Based technique, Honeypots, Sandboxing, Direct Simulation Model, and other security plans. Therefore, with the help of these security policies, people can save their private details and information. This paper is based on the malicious attack and impact of this security threat on human-computer systems. The author analyzed malware and malicious software and they also produced detection techniques like data mining.

Patil, B.V. and Jadhav, R.J., (2018) Computer Virus and Antivirus Software–A Brief Review. IJAME, 12(1), pp. 2-4.

The title of this paper is Computer Virus and Antivirus Software–A Brief Review which is completed based on malicious software. The main objective of this journal paper is to identify various types of computer viruses and the impact of malware software on user’s computer networks. According to an author, a malware is a type of computer virus which can block human personal accounts and many organizations are facing this issue in their computer systems. To avoid this problem researcher identified a new approach which is called antivirus software and it has the ability to detect malicious networks or unwanted signals from the computer. There are many attackers that produced a large number of malware viruses and the rate of malicious threat is increasing very fast in day to day life. According to this article information and technology established many advanced antivirus software by which people can control and monitor unauthorized servers and malware virus. This journal article highlights the fundamental concept of malicious virus and role of antivirus software to reduce this type of issues. The researcher used a qualitative research design to gather knowledge regarding malicious protection policies and data is collected with the help of a survey. To improve the effectiveness of this investigation writer analysis the views of experts and people and they also used primary and secondary approached to achieve the objective of this paper. Therefore, antivirus is a very common process for detection of unwanted signals and malicious and author described the working principle of an antivirus. This article reduced the drawbacks of previous research and it also collected data from the literature review and other resources. This article described different types of malicious viruses and users ensure that their antiviruses are working properly and use only authorized servers by which they can avoid this type of issue.

Teymourlouei, H., (2015) Quick Reference: Cyber Attacks Awareness and Prevention Method for Home Users. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering, 9(3), pp.678-684.

The title of this paper is Quick Reference: Cyber Attacks Awareness and Prevention Method for Home Users which was written by Teymourlouei. According to the researcher, it is very important to secure user personal information because hackers produce a large amount of traffic signal and transfer to consumers private networks and malicious software block their personal data. The main purpose of this journal paper is to discuss different types of cyber-attacks and prevention methods to avoid the problem of malicious. Cyber-attacks are very dangers and they can easily encrypt authorized servers with the help of malware and malicious software. The author identified few technologies and steps to avoid the problem of malware, for example, install firewall and antivirus software, keep software up to date, ensure that all consumers are using only authorized networks and use data encryption method. Patil, B.V., described only one prevention methods of malicious software but Teymourlouei produced numbers of steps and technologies to improve the security of users’ data. In this journal researcher used both quantitative and qualitative data methods to analyze the theoretical and statistical data about malicious software. Encryption and firewall both are very common methods which are used by many organizations to detect and remove malicious and malware attacks. In malicious software, attackers transfer fraud emails and messages to consumers and they communicate with users from various social media websites and hacked personal information of users. This research paper evaluated different types of protection technologies and policies to avoid the issue of malware and malicious attacks. Therefore, people should adopt modern security software and antivirus by which they can save their private details.

Najari, I.L.S., and Lotfi, I., (2014) Malware detection using data mining techniques. International Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 3(6-1), pp.33-37.

The title of this article is Malware detection using data mining techniques which are based on data mining technology and it was written by Najari, I.L.S., and Lotfi, I. According to Nahari, in this modern generation, malicious software and their attacks are a very complex problem in the field of the information system. Due to which many consumers and online communities lost their security and the rate of malicious attack is increased by 30% in the last four years. The main objective of this paper is to investigate malicious attacks and the role of data mining technology in the field of security or protection. The author also highlights various kinds of malicious cyber-crimes and their impacts on human-computer devices. In which the researcher, used a mixed research method to investigate malicious and theoretical information is recorded by previous research and books. In this paper, Najari, I.L.S., and Lotfi, I. Both writers defined two hidden technologies to detect the malicious attack, for example, identification methods based on signature and detection technique based on behavior. Both these methods are explained in this paper with their significance. Teymourlouei illustrated tradition technologies and methods to reduce the problem of malicious attack but Najari provided a modern approach by which consumers can detect and control malicious software. There are few advantages of this article such as it produced a platform to understand the concept of data mining technology; readers can analyze the significance of cryptography and other detection techniques, and author gathered relevant information from other journals articles and books. However, this paper explained types of malicious attacks and analyzed the importance of cryptography and data mining technologies. The author also evaluated many techniques for detection of unauthorized signals and malware from computer networks.

Conclusion

Malicious is a very serious problem for an organization and it is a part of malware attacks that affecting human-computer systems. Hackers produce a large number of traffic signals from malicious software and they attack the user's personal networks by transferring unwanted signals. This report explained the key principle of malicious software and the impact of this cyber-crime on consumer’s private data. Information technologies developed various types of protection techniques and policies such as encryption, cryptography, firewall, antivirus and more which are described in this report. Moreover, this kind of problem can be resolved by adopting security programmes and antivirus and users should adopt a password-based system to protect data from malicious. In this report, there are four articles to be reviewed and it is identified that the data mining technique is very modern security step to reduce malware and malicious attacks from computer devices.