Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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This attack was the result of “virus”.
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- I think result of the attack may be virus because the attack identified is a security problem which can be caused by a virus but not by worm...
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