Malicious Code

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Malicious Code is harmful computer code or web script designed to create system vulnerabilities leading to backdoors, security breaches, information/data theft, and other potential damages to files and computing systems. It’s a type of threat that may not be blocked by antivirus software on its own. Not all antivirus protection can treat certain infections caused by malicious code, which is different from malware. Malware specifically refers to malicious software, but malicious code includes website scripts that can exploit vulnerabilities in order to upload malware.

Scripts, worms, and viruses can harm your computer by finding entry points that lead to your critical data. Visiting infected websites or clicking on a bad email link or attachment are major gateways for malicious code to sneak its way into your system. 

What does this mean for an SMB or MSP?

Next generation antivirus software that can detect and remove malware, protect web-browsing activity, and even has heuristic capabilities to intervene when forbidden actions are taken (such as encryption events) can add strong defenses to your security program. All companies today ought to be running a antivirus solution. Below you will find additional minimum essential security measures all businesses today should be doing.  

CyberHoot’s Minimum Essential Cybersecurity Recommendations

The following recommendations will help you and your business stay secure with the various threats you may face on a day-to-day basis. All of the suggestions listed below can be gained by hiring CyberHoot’s vCISO Program development services.

1. Govern employees with policies and procedures. You need a password policy, an acceptable use policy, an information handling policy, and a written information security program (WISP) at a minimum.
2. Train employees on how to spot and avoid phishing attacks. Adopt a Learning Management system like CyberHoot to teach employees the skills they need to be more confident, productive, and secure.
3. Test employees with Phishing attacks to practice. CyberHoot’s Phish testing allows businesses to test employees with believable phishing attacks and put those that fail into remedial phish training.
4. Deploy critical cybersecurity technology including two-factor authentication on all critical accounts. Enable email SPAM filtering, validate backups, and deploy DNS protection, antivirus, and anti-malware on all your endpoints.
5. In the modern Work-from-Home era, make sure you’re managing personal devices connecting to your network by validating their security (patching, antivirus, DNS protections) or prohibiting their use entirely.
6. If you haven’t had a risk assessment by a 3rd party in the last 2 years, you should have one now. Establishing a risk management framework in your organization is critical to addressing your most egregious risks with your finite time and money.
7. Buy Cyber-Insurance to protect you in a catastrophic failure situation. Cyber-Insurance is no different than Car, Fire, Flood, or Life insurance. It’s there when you need it most.

Each of these recommendations, except the cyber-insurance, is built into CyberHoot’s product and virtual Chief Information Security Officer services. With CyberHoot you can govern, train, assess, and test your employees. Visit CyberHoot.com and sign up for our services today. At the very least continue to learn by enrolling in our monthly Cybersecurity newsletters to stay on top of current cybersecurity updates.

Sources: 

Kaspersky

CISA

Related Terms:

Malware

Wiper Malware