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spyware

Mar 08, 20261 min read

a malware type that functions as a tool to monitor a system’s, organisation’s and/or user’s activity. This spyware can be innocuous, such as kernel level anticheat engines, or proctoring software, or it can be malicous.

IoCs

  • remote access
  • remote-control-access
  • known spyware fingerprints
  • malicious running processes
  • browser injection attacks

Defences

  • awareness training
  • antispyware tools

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  • IoCs
  • Defences

Backlinks

  • Comptia Security+ Chapter 3
  • malware types

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