What make difference between Spam, Malware & Phishing?

According to Sophos’s annual Internet Security Threat Report, malware attacks, phishing and spam reports, are all on the rise across social networks.

Sophos analysts define the terms in the following ways:

Malware

A malware attack is a piece of malicious software which takes over a person’s computer in order to spread the bug onto other people’s devices and profiles. It can also infect a computer and turn it into a botnet, which means the cyber criminal can control the computer and use it to send malware to others.

Phishing

Phishing attacks are designed to steal a person’s login and password details so that the cyber criminal can assume control of the victim’s social network, email and online bank accounts. Seventy per cent of internet users choose the same password for almost every web service they use. This is why phishing is so effective, as the criminal, by using the same login details, can access multiple private accounts and manipulate them for their own good.

Spamming

Spamming is when a cyber criminal sends emails designed to make a victim spend money on counterfeit or fake goods. Botnets, such as Rustock, send the majority of spam messages, often advertising pharmaceutical products or security software, which people believe they need to solve a security issues which doesn’t actually exist.