Malware as a Component in Cybercrime: A Survey

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Published: May 30, 2017
Keywords:
Malware, Ransomware, Virus, Cybercrime, Rootkits, Attacker, and Hacker.

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Rodney Anthony Raj
Information science and engineering, Acharya institute of technolgy, Doctor Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560107, India.
Chayapathi A R
Acharya institute of technolgy, Doctor Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560107, India.

Abstract

In today’s world, we face a lot of trouble due to cybercrimes, where every individual is a potential victim knowingly or unknowingly. One of the main components in cybercrime is malware, which can be used effectively to launch attacks. This paper presents a survey of the various types of malwares that are commonly used and how they exploit the cyber world through cybercrime.

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Rodney Anthony Raj and Chayapathi A R, “Malware as a Component in Cybercrime: A Survey”, Int. J. Comput. Eng. Res. Trends, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 176–179, May 2017.
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Vol. 4 No. 5 (2017): May (2017) Issue
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Survey
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