Air-gap malware

Air-gap malware is a special type of virus that can spread from one computer to another even if they're not connected by wires or the internet. Imagine you have two toy computers that you can't physically connect with a cord or cable, but you can still move stuff between them by using a toy helicopter. Air-gap malware is like that helicopter – it can jump over the physical gap between two separate computers and infect them with a virus.

This is possible because some viruses can use different ways to spread, such as USB sticks or malware-carrying emails. So even if a computer isn't directly connected to the internet or a network, it can still be vulnerable to becoming infected by the virus via these analog transmission methods. Once air-gap malware infects a computer, it can spread the infection to any other similarly accessible devices that it encounters.

Air-gap malware poses a big threat to sensitive information, such as government or corporate secrets, because these organizations may store this information on computers that are not connected to the internet or inaccessible network. However, by using these analog methods, air-gap malware can still spread and infect these systems, which can lead to potentially catastrophic results. Therefore, it's important to have strong security measures in place, even on computers that aren't directly linked to the internet.