Invitation to Computer Science 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337561916
ISBN 13: 978-1-33756-191-4

Chapter 8 - Exercises - Page 428: 9d

Answer

Yes, the tools and techniques used within this operation fit the category of cyber malware.

Work Step by Step

Operation Hangover was a cyber espionage campaign that had been exposed by 2013, apparently by private threat actors in India, targeting national security interests and private sector companies mainly in Pakistan and the United States with spear-phishing emails to infiltrate their systems. The tools and techniques used within this operation fit the category of cyber malware.
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