Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

Conclusions

In battle, soldiers use camouflage and stealth to evade detection by their adversaries and gain the upper hand in a conflict. Trojan horses provide a similar kind of cover in the world of computer attacks. From the simple name games we discussed at the start of this chapter to the highly sophisticated Setiri methods of co-opting browsers, Trojan horses let bad guys gain access to and operate on your computer systems without your knowledge. Because they can be so effective, we see numerous attacks in the wild using the techniques described throughout this chapter. Indeed, more often than not, attackers use at least some form of Trojan horse subterfuge to hide.

However, if you look at the Trojan horse techniques described in this chapter, ...