Phishing and ransomware

- [Narrator] In the last video, we talked about viruses,…Trojans, and Rootkits.…Now we're going to focus on different forms of malware,…specifically phishing, with ph, and ransomware.…Ransomware has really seen a large surgence…over the last couple of years.…So, we'll focus on that as well.…Phishing is designed to trick victims…into revealing secrets.…So, it's related, then, to social engineering,…but you're going to hear terms in the industry,…things like spear phishing where we've got targeted…social engineering, or deception methods…that are trying to trick certain types of individuals…into revealing certain types of information…such as IT administrators, trying to trick them…into revealing passwords for network appliances.…

Ransomware, on the other hand, infects a system…such that the system won't boot up properly…until a ransom is paid.…Or, the most common form of ransomware…actually encrypts data files until the ransom is paid.…Let's talk about phishing.…Phishing is a form of social engineering…and it lures victims to reveal secrets…