- Industry: Software
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Include software programs that redirect Internet connections to a party other than the user’s default ISP and are designed to run up additional connection charges for a content provider, vendor, or other third party.
Industry:Internet
A hacking method used to find passwords or encryption keys by trying every possible combination of characters until the correct one is found.
Industry:Internet
A hacking technique used to check TCP/IP ports to reveal which services are available for exploitation, and to determine the operating system of a particular computer.
Industry:Internet
A basic Internet program that verifies that a particular Internet address exists and can accept requests. “Ping” is also the act of using the ping utility or command. You can ping diagnostically to make sure a host computer that you are trying to reach is actually online. “Ping” is also a colloquial term for contacting a person quickly via IM, text message, or email.
Industry:Internet
A downloader is software whose main function is to download other files. Often the function is related to malware that downloads other malware and executes it on the victim system.
Industry:Internet
A type of scam in which phishers find the name and email address of a company’s top executive or team of executives (information often freely available on the web), and craft an email specific to those people and their role at the company. The email attempts to lure the executives into clicking on a link that will take them to a website where malware is downloaded onto their machine that can copy keystrokes or ferret out sensitive information or corporate secrets.
Industry:Internet
The hex (short for hexadecimal) numerical system has a base of 16. Because there are more than 10 digits, values 10 through 15 are represented by letters A through F, respectively. This system is useful in computers because it maps easily from four bits to one hex digit.
Industry:Internet
Μια σειρά από αλγόριθμους για τον καθορισμό του λειτουργικού συστήματος σε έναν απομακρυσμένο υπολογιστή, καθώς και της αρχιτεκτονικής, της πλατφόρμας, ή του τύπου της συσκευής. Αυτή η διαδικασία μπορεί να περιλαμβάνει την αναγνώριση τύπου της στοίβας TCP/IP και δοκιμές πρωτοκόλλου σε στρώμα εφαρμογών.
Industry:Internet
Η δεύτερη Τρίτη κάθε μήνα, όταν η Microsoft διανέμει επιδιορθώσεις ασφαλείας.
Industry:Internet
