malware

Noun

Meaning

malicious software, designed to break into a system

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Synonyms

application malicious malignant software firmware mal- computer virus Troyan attempt to disrupt digital life infecting computer worm malicious virus attempt to damage data attempt to disrupt a computer network attempt to disrupt a computer system attempt to steal data

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Antonyms

program noble application moral pure utility

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Hypernyms

package software software package computer software software system software program

Phrases with the word

fileless malware trojan malware

Examples

According to reports, the hack was aimed not at child players' Neopets accounts, but at using the malware to steal the financial data and identities of their parents. Source: Internet

Across the two decades that have followed, spam has remained the primary vehicle for delivering malware as well as being an ever-present irritant. Source: Internet

After spotting the self-propagating malware in the wild, Kamluk noted that it automatically adapts to COVID-19 pandemic as a computer parasite piggybacking on the coronavirus being a hot topic and used as a “carrier” for the cyber counterpart. Source: Internet

According to a survey conducted by BitDefender from January to June 2009, "Trojan-type malware is on the rise, accounting for 83-percent of the global malware detected in the world." Source: Internet

A countermeasure is the use of software that prevents users from saving an edit that contains a link to a site listed on a blacklist of malware sites. Source: Internet

“An organization’s ‘front door’ is their website and a target for criminals as they attempt to gain access to install malicious code and malware for all who visit their website,” said James McQuiggan, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, via email. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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