A systems administrator observes that every Friday afternoon, right after the stock market closes, a series of unauthorized transactions and excessive resource utilization occurs on a finance company's trading application server. What type of malware is most likely responsible for this recurring incident?
A logic bomb is a type of malware that is designed to execute a malicious action when certain conditions are met, such as a specific time or event. The recurring nature of the incident every Friday suggests that it is triggered by a time-based event, characteristic of a logic bomb. Other types of malware like Trojans or worms do not have this behavior tied to a specific condition and typically continue to execute or propagate regardless of specific events or times.
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