This paper presents up-to-date knowledge related to malware – malicious software. Firstly the definitions are presented and discussed briefly. Next, the paper presents a bit of motivation along with the malware fighting objectives. Malware poses an emerging threat in accordance to smart grids in general and advanced metering infrastructure in particular. The discussion is then directed towards known taxonomy along with a new proposal for malware classification. A novel, general malware lifecycle is presented in the paper. Finally, the attitudes for fighting malware along with the known evasion techniques are discussed.
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Additional information
- Category
- Publikacja monograficzna
- Type
- rozdział, artykuł w książce - dziele zbiorowym /podręczniku o zasięgu krajowym
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2015
