Spyware and adware

- Now that we've talked about social engineering…let's talk about the various forms of malware…that could infect a system.…We're going to talk in this video…about spyware and adware.…Spyware is a modern form of spying…and it is of course malware.…Spyware gets installed and tracks computer usage…unknown to the user.…The user then is unaware of its existence.…It can monitor user computing activity…that's why it's called spyware…and this could be instigated by nation states…it could be by organized crime…it could be by individuals looking…for some kind of profit.…

The types of activities that it might monitor…include thing like calls…for example on a smartphone…it could record audio…so turn on the mic on a device and record audio…the same is true for video.…it can scan through chat logs.…It's not just monitoring what people are doing…in real time but what they've already done as well.…There are legitimate uses of this in some cases…such as the gathering of performance metrics…to ensure that the user experience…let's say for a web app…