Delivery of the malware : Developing the virus scanner for images
Maltsev, Dmitrii (2015)
Maltsev, Dmitrii
Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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Tiivistelmä
School of Business and
Administration
Bachelor of Business
Administration, Information
Technology
Abstract of Thesis
Author Dmitrii Maltsev Year 2015
Supervisor Yrjö Koskenniemi
Title of Thesis Delivery of the Malware - Developing the Virus Scanner
for images
No. of pages + app. 42 + 5
The appearing of the vulnerabilities for private data has been always there since the internet was born. The measures of protection started to grow because of this fact. The new and creative ways of malicious software delivery have been
intensified, as well. Today, no one is surprised by standard methods of delivering the virus - banners, spam, suspicious links, downloading files from untrusted resources. Some people even know about images, which contains executable scripts. But it is almost impossible to detect such viruses, even if antivirus is installed. Due to these facts this thesis has the objective to make a
research about modern Information Security, especially about methods of virus delivery. However, main objective is to develop the application which scans the images revealing hidden malicious software.
Action research and case study methodologies were used for this thesis. They were chosen because these methods allow reaching the objectives of the thesis.
As a result, this thesis contains the information concerning the malware and methods of its delivery. The methods of protection are also added to the thesis. Scanning applications for images is implemented.
Most applicable result is an application, which could be useful for users, who need to make sure, that their images do no contain malware. In addition, companies could use this application for selling, and therefore earning money.
Administration
Bachelor of Business
Administration, Information
Technology
Abstract of Thesis
Author Dmitrii Maltsev Year 2015
Supervisor Yrjö Koskenniemi
Title of Thesis Delivery of the Malware - Developing the Virus Scanner
for images
No. of pages + app. 42 + 5
The appearing of the vulnerabilities for private data has been always there since the internet was born. The measures of protection started to grow because of this fact. The new and creative ways of malicious software delivery have been
intensified, as well. Today, no one is surprised by standard methods of delivering the virus - banners, spam, suspicious links, downloading files from untrusted resources. Some people even know about images, which contains executable scripts. But it is almost impossible to detect such viruses, even if antivirus is installed. Due to these facts this thesis has the objective to make a
research about modern Information Security, especially about methods of virus delivery. However, main objective is to develop the application which scans the images revealing hidden malicious software.
Action research and case study methodologies were used for this thesis. They were chosen because these methods allow reaching the objectives of the thesis.
As a result, this thesis contains the information concerning the malware and methods of its delivery. The methods of protection are also added to the thesis. Scanning applications for images is implemented.
Most applicable result is an application, which could be useful for users, who need to make sure, that their images do no contain malware. In addition, companies could use this application for selling, and therefore earning money.