A trojan is a program pretending to be like useful software, while its actual strategy is to access, steal, or destroy user data and access…

ATrojan horse (Trojan)is atype of malware disguised as legitimate software. Once installed, a Trojan

can:

Create backdoors for attackersto access a system.

Steal sensitive datasuch as passwords, banking details, and personal files.

Disable antivirus softwareor delete important system files.

Unlike viruses and worms,Trojans do not replicate themselvesbut rely onsocial engineering

techniquesto trick users into installing them.

Reference:McAfee Institute CCII Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cyber Forensics Up and Running.