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So what is Malware? Short for malicious software, malware is as old as software itself, and programmers have been authoring it for as long as they have been authoring legitimate software.
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Malware exists in many forms, most of which you’ve probably already heard of. The most common types of malware are viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and zombies.
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In the early days of software, programmers wrote malware mostly to prank one another, or to show off their technical skills.
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Some of these programmers learned that they can make thousands of dollars a day if they successfully exploit malware to their advantage.
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These people went on to become cyber-crooks, defrauding individuals and organizations for financial gain.
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A cyber-war between countries is raging. Some countries such as China, Syria, and America are rumored to be state-sponsoring cyber-gangs whose only purpose is to research and develop new malware techniques capable of infiltrating government agencies and infrastructures.
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The malware problem is huge and is growing fast. By the end of 2010 the counter for unique malware programs stood at 14 million, with a staggering 60,000 pieces of new malicious code detected every day.