The Impact of Malware Attacks on the Performance of Various Operating Systems

Latest research in the field of cyber security concludes that a permanent monitoring of the network and its protection, based on various tools or solutions, are key aspects for protecting it against vulnerabilities. So, it is imperative that solutions such as firewall, antivirus, Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System, Security Information and Event Management to be implemented for all networks used. However, if the attack has reached the network, it is necessary to identify and analyze it in order to be able to assess the damage, to prevent similar events from happening and to build an incident response adapted to the network used. This work analyzes the impact of malicious and benign files that have reached a network. Thus, during the work, various analysis methods (both static and dynamic) of real malicious software will be developed, in two different operating systems (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04). Thereby, both the malware and benign files and their impact on various operating systems will be analyzed.