Background

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Background
UN-ESCWA

• Spyware

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Spyware

• Common Spyware categories
• Spyware steals information about you and your
  computer
• Adware displays unwanted advertising and tracks
  your surfing habits
• Keyloggers can record every keystroke and steal
  your password and your confidential data
• Browser Hijackers can change your default
  homepage and your search result.
• Remote Access Trojans give a hacker a complete
  access to your computer

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Growth of Spyware
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Growth of Spyware
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How do you get Spyware ?

• Automatic web-based download or scripts
  According to the security setting, it could be
  automatically installed without the knowledge of
  the user.
• Hidden installation of a desired application
  during the opening of an attachment or during the
  installation of apparently legitimate
  applications.
• Intentional malicious installation
• done by individual who wish to damage the
  system of the organization

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Common Symptoms of Spyware

• For individual consumer
• Slowing PC performance
• Changing toolbars
• Adding desktop shortcut
• Changing default homepages
• Modifying search results

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Common Symptoms of Spyware

• For the enterprise
• Reduced employee productivity
• Employee efficiency can be dramatically affected
  by the presence of spyware and adware on users
  computer.
• More charge and work for IT staff to remove
  spyware and take care of the security
• Increased spam growing problem of unsolicited
  commercial e-mail
• Wasted bandwidth for delivering and receiving
  unwanted information

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New Vulnerabilities for Spyware

• Growing numbers of remote workers
• More people travel and work from home or from
  other places than the normal office
• Increasing complexity of web script
• It is easy to be misguided during the session
  of web-browsing
• Complex desktop management issues
• It is increasingly difficult to enforce
  company-wide policy concerning security