Contrast the following types of remote attacks virus worm ph

Contrast the following types of remote attacks: virus, worm, phishing, and spear phishing.

Solution

Virus: A malicious software that replicates itself and secrretly damages the contents of files in cmputer it effects

Worm:A malicious software that also self-replicates and effects a computer through that computer it sends messages or passes information to other devices in the network

Phishing:this is an malicious attempt to send fake messages to entities or persons and on thier response to those messages the attacker could obtain precious data from user which include passwords,credit card details etc

Spear Phishing:It is type of phishing which targets persons/entities with high social status.For example, military personel