O uso de malwares em guerras cibernéticas

Abstract

Thanks to great technological advances, people's daily lives are full of ease. Technology is present in the most diverse areas such as industry, commerce and academic area. Its existence brings ease, improvements and agility to work processes. But not everything technology offers is beneficial; it is a neutral tool that can be used for better or for worse. There are those who use it to benefit themselves illegally, to take advantage of and harm others. Based on the thought of its use for any and all purposes, concerns arise that it is being used as an object of attack or being turned into a weapon. Therefore, the need also arises to have it as an object of defense or shield. Therefore, the use of technologies as war tools becomes worrisome, thus appearing the context of Cyber Warfare. This work comes, above all, to contextualize that Cyber War is a reality, in which technological tools can function as weapons. The work exemplifies Malware as one of these attack tools, showing its catastrophic potential in a war, since it can be inserted into a system and start to damage it without being noticed or if noticed, the being belatedly; possessing the power to devastate and terrify in seconds. As such, itis a danger that must be fought.