SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 8 min readShamoonMost malware wants something. A password. A bank account. A document. A ransom payment. Shamoon wanted something different. It was designed to cause destruction. Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, beca00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readTrickBotSome malware is designed to perform one job. TrickBot wasn't like that. It began primarily as a banking trojan, but over time it evolved into a sophisticated modular malware platform capable of suppor00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readEmotetSome malware families are built for one purpose. Steal passwords. Encrypt files. Destroy systems. Emotet was different. It began as a banking trojan. Over time, it evolved into something much more pow00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 8 min readMiraiWhat if thousands of devices connected to the Internet suddenly stopped being ordinary devices? What if they became part of a massive network controlled by someone else? That is essentially what happe00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 8 min readNotPetyaOn June 27, 2017, organizations in Ukraine began experiencing a major cyberattack. Computers stopped working. Business operations were interrupted. Government agencies were affected. Then the attack m00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readWannaCryOn May 12, 2017, something unusual began happening across the Internet. Computers in organizations around the world suddenly displayed a ransom demand. Files were becoming inaccessible. Businesses wer00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readCryptoLockerImagine opening your computer and discovering that your important files can no longer be opened. Your photographs. Your documents. Your work. Everything is still sitting on the hard drive. But you can00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readZeusImagine logging into your bank account. Everything looks normal. You enter your credentials. You see your balance. But somewhere between your keyboard and the bank, something else is watching. That wa00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readStuxnetMost malware attacks computers. Some steal information. Some encrypt files. Some build botnets. But what if malware could affect something outside the computer itself? In 2010, the cybersecurity world00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readConfickerBy the end of 2008, something unusual was spreading across the Internet. Computers were being infected by a worm that exploited a Windows vulnerability. Microsoft had already released a patch. Securit00
