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| A software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user. |
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| Software code that gives access to a program or a service that circumvents normal security protections. |
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| A logical computer network of zombies under the control of an attacker. |
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| A malicious computer code that, like its biological counterpart, reproduces itself on the same computer. |
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| The act of digging through trash receptacles to find information that can be useful in an attack. |
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| An attack that creates a fictitious character and then plays out the role of that person on a victim. |
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| Captures and stores each keystroke that a user types on the computer's keyboard. |
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| Computer code that lies dormant until it is triggered by a specific logical event. |
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| Software that enters a computer system without the user's knowledge or consent and then performs an unwanted-and usually harmful-action. |
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| A phishing attack that automatically redirects the user to a fake site. |
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| Sending an e-mail or displaying a Web announcement that falsely claims to be from a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to trick the user into surrendering private information. |
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| A set of software tools used by an attacker to hide the actions or presence of other types of malicious software. |
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| Watching an authorized user enter a security code on a keypad. |
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| A means of gathering information for an attack by relying on the weaknesses of individuals. |
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| A phishing attack that targets only specific users. |
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| A variation of spam, which targets instant messaging users instead of e-mail users. |
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| A general term used to describe software that spies on users by gathering information without consent, thus violating their privacy. |
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| The act of unauthorized individuals entering a restricted-access building by following an authorized user. |
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| An executable program advertised as performing one activity, but actually does something else (or it may perform both the advertised and malicious activities). |
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| A phishing attack that uses a telephone call instead of using e-mail. |
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| A phishing attack that targets only wealthy individuals. |
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| Horizontally separating words so that they can still be read by the human eye. |
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| A malicious program designed to take advantage of a vulnerability in an application or an operating system in order to enter a computer and then self-replicate to other computers. |
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