Tann, it's got the code. It's going to launch.

It's a unit system. I know this. It's all the files of the whole park. It tells her everything.

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

The Eagle One, the package is being delivered.

We've all heard of big high-profile hacks, like Stuxnet, which basically took out the Iranian nuclear program.

An Iranian facility has been targeted for cyber attack, the second time it's happened in less than a year.

That from the official in charge of defending Iran's nuclear sites.

Or when Seth Rogen's stoner comedy made North Korea really, really pissed off.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is reeling from what may be the biggest and most devastating

computer hacking in Hollywood's history.

Key to all these hacks is malware, or software specifically and intentionally designed to damage

computer systems.

But one thing some people ask is, what is it exactly?

Well, ultimately, just some lines of code.

On this week's cyber, we have someone who researches it for a living.

Malware researcher, Tark Sala, of Domain Tools. I'm Ben Maku, and this is Cyber.

All right, so Tark, tell me, because we know, but I think, you know, a lot of people in the world kind of understand the word,

but what exactly is malware?

Yeah, and that's a good question.

So malware is malicious software, but it's the same as your normal software,

but the intent is typically hidden from you,

and the motives are usually malicious in nature.

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