From the course: Ethical Hacking: The Complete Malware Analysis Process

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How malware is delivered

How malware is delivered

From the course: Ethical Hacking: The Complete Malware Analysis Process

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How malware is delivered

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- [Instructor] Hackers are always seeking ways to get their malware into your system. One way malware can get in is when you insert an infected USB stick and the malware is executed by the automatic run feature which can be enabled for USB devices. It can also get in when you click on an email attachment. Early viruses attached themselves as executable code. But most users are well aware they shouldn't click on any executable attachment. However, viruses can also execute by using a macro to trigger code in a document. The third main vector used by malware is downloading itself when you visit a malicious website. It does this by hiding malicious code in the webpage and exploiting a vulnerability in your browser. Once a virus infects its host, then it checks for vectors to propagate itself, such as writing itself to and so infecting any USB stick that's inserted. It might even create an email message and send it out to people in your address book with a copy of itself as an attachment…

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