Malware Attacks: Dimensions, Impact, and Defenses

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Malware is a top threat to the current digital world. It will be more devastating in coming years due to the expansion of information technology in various fields of life, engagement of different type of users, and increased technical sophistication in malware. The changing motivations, multi-resource investment in malware development and Return on Investment (RoI) are the main reasons for the exponential growth in malware. Businesses and users are losing millions of dollars due to various malware attacks. Although there are different Anti-malware solutions and other security software, malware attacks are successful due to inherent limitations of these security products and common security vulnerabilities such as“zero-day”, “buffer-overflow”, etc. This book chapter provides a detailed study about malware, its propagation and attack mechanisms and discusses various anti-malware techniques (machine learning, bio-inspired algorithms etc.). It also presents possible research directions for developing tools and techniques for better protection against malware. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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