Spyware refers to software that is installed onto a computer without the user's consent and monitors the user's activities by tracking information entered on websites, browsing history, and other online activities. There are two main types - surveillance software like keyloggers that are used to steal sensitive information, and advertising spyware that tracks user behavior to display targeted ads. Spyware can infect computers through webpages, emails, downloads, and hidden clauses in end user license agreements. Common symptoms include unwanted pop-up ads, changed browser homepage or search settings, and allowing remote access to the infected computer. Popular spyware includes Gator, Cydoor, and eZula, which are typically bundled with free software downloads. Users can protect themselves by only
What is SPYWARE?
Spyware is a type of malware that's hard to detect.
It collects information about your surfing habits, browsing history, or personal information (such as credit card numbers), and often uses the internet to pass this information along to third parties without you knowing.
o Key loggers are a type of spyware that monitors your key strokes.
Spyware is mostly classified into four types:
1.System monitors
2.Trojans
3.Adware
4.Tracking Cookies
spyware is mostly used for the purposes of tracking and storing internet users' movements on the web and serving up pop-up ads to internet users.
History and development of spyware.
The first recorded on October 16, 1995 in a UseNet post that poked fun at microsoft's business model.
Spyware at first denoted software meant for espionage purposes.
However, in early 2000 the founder of zone labs, gregor freund, used the term in a press release for the zone alarm personal firewall.
Use of exploits in JavaScript, internet explorer and windows to install.
Effect and behavior.
Unwanted behavior and degradation of system performance.
Unwanted CPU activity, disk usage, and network traffic.
Stability issues:-
Application's freezing.
Failure to boot.
System-wide crashes.
Difficulty connecting to the internet.
Disable software firewalls and anti-virus software.
Routes of infection.
Installed when you open an email attachment.
Spyware installs itself
Install by using deceptive tactics
Common tactics are using a Trojan horse.
USB Keylogger.
browser forces the download and installation of spyware.
Security Practices.
• Installing anti-spyware programs.
• Network firewalls and web proxies to block access to web sites known to install spyware
• Individual users can also install firewalls.
• Install a large hosts file.
• It Install shareware programs offered for download.
• Downloading programs only from reputable sources can provide some protection from this source of attack
Anti-spyware Programs
• Products dedicated to remove or block spyware.
• Programs such as pc tool’s spyware doctor, lava soft's ad-aware se and patrick kolla's spybot - search & destroy.
Legal Issues.
Criminal law
US FTC actions
Netherlands OPTA
Civil law
Libel suits by spyware developers
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What is SPYWARE?
Spyware is a type of malware that's hard to detect.
It collects information about your surfing habits, browsing history, or personal information (such as credit card numbers), and often uses the internet to pass this information along to third parties without you knowing.
o Key loggers are a type of spyware that monitors your key strokes.
Spyware is mostly classified into four types:
1.System monitors
2.Trojans
3.Adware
4.Tracking Cookies
spyware is mostly used for the purposes of tracking and storing internet users' movements on the web and serving up pop-up ads to internet users.
History and development of spyware.
The first recorded on October 16, 1995 in a UseNet post that poked fun at microsoft's business model.
Spyware at first denoted software meant for espionage purposes.
However, in early 2000 the founder of zone labs, gregor freund, used the term in a press release for the zone alarm personal firewall.
Use of exploits in JavaScript, internet explorer and windows to install.
Effect and behavior.
Unwanted behavior and degradation of system performance.
Unwanted CPU activity, disk usage, and network traffic.
Stability issues:-
Application's freezing.
Failure to boot.
System-wide crashes.
Difficulty connecting to the internet.
Disable software firewalls and anti-virus software.
Routes of infection.
Installed when you open an email attachment.
Spyware installs itself
Install by using deceptive tactics
Common tactics are using a Trojan horse.
USB Keylogger.
browser forces the download and installation of spyware.
Security Practices.
• Installing anti-spyware programs.
• Network firewalls and web proxies to block access to web sites known to install spyware
• Individual users can also install firewalls.
• Install a large hosts file.
• It Install shareware programs offered for download.
• Downloading programs only from reputable sources can provide some protection from this source of attack
Anti-spyware Programs
• Products dedicated to remove or block spyware.
• Programs such as pc tool’s spyware doctor, lava soft's ad-aware se and patrick kolla's spybot - search & destroy.
Legal Issues.
Criminal law
US FTC actions
Netherlands OPTA
Civil law
Libel suits by spyware developers
Webcam Gate
Thank You!
Stay Connected
Stay connected with me at Facebook :- https://www.facebook.com/mangesh.wadibhasme
Follow at Instagram: - @mangesh_hkr
A spyware can be defined as any program which is entered into a system secretly and gathers information saved within it and transfers it to a third party without making it in the knowledge of the user. It enters into the system as a result of installing a new application.
Spyware is a kind of malware on both PCs and mobile devices that collects a broad amount of data about a person or organization without their knowledge.
A spyware can be defined as any program which is entered into a system secretly and gathers information saved within it and transfers it to a third party without making it in the knowledge of the user. It enters into the system as a result of installing a new application.
Spyware is a kind of malware on both PCs and mobile devices that collects a broad amount of data about a person or organization without their knowledge.
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Identifying, Monitoring, and Reporting Malware
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Department of Computer Science
San José State University
Spring 2015
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2. What Is Spyware ?
Applications that send information
from your computer to the creator of
the spyware
Can be used by web sites for
marketing information, to determine
their stance with regard to
competitors and market trends
3. What Is Spyware?
Software or hardware installed on a
computer without the user's knowledge
which gathers information about that
user for later retrieval by whomever
controls the spyware.
Spyware can be broken down into two
different categories.
4. What Is Spyware?
Surveillance software:
Includes key loggers, screen capture
devices, and Trojans. These would be
used by corporations, private
detectives, law enforcement,
intelligence agencies, suspicious
spouses.
5. What Is Spyware?
Advertising spyware:
Software that is installed alongside other
software or via active x controls on the
internet, often without the user's
knowledge, or without full disclosure
that it will be used for gathering personal
information and/or showing the user ads.
6. What Is Spyware?
Advertising spyware logs information
about the user, possibly including
passwords, email addresses, web
browsing history, online buying habits,
the computer's hardware and software
configuration, the name, age, sex,etc.
8. Spyware Symptoms
Adware forms of spyware often operate
silently. Others display "pop-up" ads on your
computer's desktop or on top of other Web
pages.
More aggressive spyware will reset your
browser's home page.
The most damaging spyware programs can
actually install "trojans" -- computer
programs which allow other people to
remotely access an infected computer.
10. Tracking Cookies
Cookies that can track your Web
activities
May include cookies that contain
user names
passwords
other private information that you enter on
web sites (SSN, banking info, credit cards)
11. Browser Hijacking
Hosts File
Redefine the addresses of trusted sources,
i.e. anti-virus tools, software patches and
upgrades
Home Page
Redefine the page that opens up when you
start your browser
12. Browser Hijacking
Search Page
Redefine the page that opens up when you
enter an undefined URL
Redefine the page that opens up when you
click your “Search” button
Error Pages
Redefine the pages that open when an
error occurs.
13. Keyloggers
Were originally designed to record
all keystrokes of users in order to
find passwords, credit card numbers,
and other sensitive information
14. Spybots
Spybots are the prototypical example of
“spyware.” A spybot monitors a user’s
behavior, collecting logs of activity and
transmitting them to third parties.
A spybot may be installed as a browser helper
object, it may exist as a DLL on the host
computer, or it may run as a separate process
launched whenever the host OS boots.
15. Malware & Adware
Malware
Refers to a variety of malicious software,
including viruses, worms, Trojan horses.
Adware
Software that displays advertisements tuned
to the user’s current activity, potentially
reporting aggregate or anonymized
browsing behavior to a third party
16. Gator, Cydoor, and eZula
All three are “spybot” or “adware” class
programs
They are typically packaged with popular
free software.
They all send and retrieve information
from remote servers using the HTTP
protocol.
17. Gator
Gator is adware that collects and transmits
information about a user’s Web activity.
Gator may log and transmit URLs that the user
visits, identifying information such as the user’s first
name and zip code, and information about the
configuration and software on the user’s machine.
When a user installs one of several free software
programs produced by Claria Corporation (the
company that produces Gator), such as a free
calendar application or a time synchronization client
18. Cydoor
Cydoor displays targeted pop-up
advertisements
whose contents are dictated by the user’s
browsing history. When a user is connected to
the Internet, the Cydoor client prefetches
advertisements from the Cydoor servers. These
advertisements are displayed whenever the
user runs an application that contains Cydoor,
whether the user is online or offline.
19. eZula
eZula attaches itself to a client’s Web browser
and modifies incoming HTML to create links to
advertisers from specific keywords. When a
client is infected with eZula, these artificial links
are displayed and highlighted within rendered
HTML. It has been reported that eZula can
modify existing HTML links to redirect them to
its own advertisers, but we have not observed
this ourselves.
20. eZula
It is also known as TopText, ContextPro or
HotText.
It is bundled with several popular filesharing
applications (such as Kazaa and LimeWire),
and it can also be downloaded as a
standalone tool. eZula runs as a separate
process (ezulamain.exe) and it includes the
ability to self-update
21. Preventive Techniques
Don't install any application unless you are
certain of what it does or where it came from.
Always read the license agreement
Software and OS upgrades
Utilize browser’s security settings
Use Anti-Spyware