Most Common Security Threats in the E-commerce Environment Malicious code(malware, exploits) backdoors introduce viruses, worms, etc that allow an attacker to remotely access a computer 6 Botnets are a collection of captured bot computers or zombies used to send spam, DDos attacks, steal information from computers and store network traffic for later analysis Bots as in robots are malicious code that can be covertly installed on a computer when connected to the internet. Once installed, they respond to external commands from the attacker Copyright C 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Slide5-12Most Common Security Threats in the E-commerce Environment ◼ Malicious code (malware, exploits) ❖ Backdoors introduce viruses, worms, etc. that allow an attacker to remotely access a computer ❖ Botnets are a collection of captured bot computers or zombies used to send spam, DDoS attacks, steal information from computers, and store network traffic for later analysis. ❖ Bots, as in robots, are malicious code that can be covertly installed on a computer when connected to the internet. Once installed, they respond to external commands from the attacker Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Slide 5-12