Outline for November 17, 2025

Reading: text, §23.7, 23.9
Assignments: Homework 4, due November 21; Completed Project, due December 9

1. Greetings and Felicitations!

2. Miscellaneous malware
   1. Spyware, ransomware
   2. Phishing, spearphishing

3. Defenses
   1. Scanning
   2. Distinguishing between data and instructions
   3. Containment
   4. Reducing the protection domain

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ECS 235A, Computer and Information Security Version of November 16, 2025 at10:44AM

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