malware gathering system information

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malware often gathers information about a system such as its physical specs, networking configuration, operating system name and version, process ...

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malware installing additional software

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malware or threat actors may install additional software using the system’s package manager or official install media on compromised systems to ...

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malware propagation

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malware propagation refers to the techniques and mechanisms used by malware to spread from one system to another.

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malware replacing legitimate system components

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A common tactic of malware is to replace legitimate components of a system with modified, malicious versions.

For example, the ping program on Linux ...

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malware setting files as immutable or append only

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Some malware on Linux and Unix-like systems will set immutable or append only filesystem attributes on their files to make them harder for a systems ...

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malware strain

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A malware strain is malware that has been modified and closely resembles another related strain.

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malware triage

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Malware triage is the process of quickly analyzing a suspected malware sample to determine its potential threat and to determine if it warrants deeper ...

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malware update capability

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Often, malware may have the capability of updating itself.

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malware using mutexes

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Malware often employs the use of mutexes to determine if a system has been infected already, often with the intent of not having multiple copies of ...

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man hour

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A man hour is the amount of work perfomed by an average worker in one hour. This measurement is used for estimating labor requirements for tasks and ...

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