Outline for November 14, 2025

Reading: text, §23.4–23.7
Assignments: Homework 4, due November 21; Completed Project, due December 9

1. Greetings and Felicitations!

2. Computer worms
   1. Structure of a computer worm
   2. Internet worm of 1988
   3. Stuxnet
   4. Bots and Botnets

3. Bots and Botnets

4. Miscellaneous malware
   1. Rabbits, bacteria
   2. Logic bombs
   3. Adware

Matt Bishop Office: 2209 Watershed Sciences Phone: +1 (530) 752-8060 Email: mabishop@ucdavis.edu

ECS 235A, Computer and Information Security Version of November 16, 2025 at 6:03PM

You can also obtain a PDF version of this.