Abstract:

In today’s world most human carry at least one electronic computing device, which has a connection to the internet. Internet starting to have influence in our everyday life. Other than computers and mobile devices, traditionally standalone equipment and devices are too now connected to the internet to make them smart. Critical infrastructure of cities, healthcare and other industries (SCADA) has been connected to internet to make it smarter. Growth of internet helps to make human life easier to live. But at the same time malware and cybercrime rate is also increasing along with that. In 2016, United States council of Economic Advisers mentioned that the estimated cost of malware cost the U.S economy between $57 billion and $109 billon [1]. In this paper work, we review most common types of malware in the internet, their impact in our society, what are the motives to create a malware and the future…read full article