Malware

Malware

Abbreviation for Malicious software, it is a software designed to harm or secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent.

Industry: Software

Add a new term

Contributors in Malware

Become a Contributors

Malware

form grabbing

Software; Malware

Form grabbing is the hooking of web browser APIs to intercept webform data, with the intent to steal authentication information or alter web content presented to the user.

generic

Software; Malware

A type of signature capable of detecting a large variety of malware samples from a specific family, or of a specific type.

heap overflow

Software; Malware

A type of buffer overflow in which the overflow occurs in the heap data area. Memory in the heap is dynamically allocated; therefore successfully causing a heap overflow may overwrite internal ...

A technique used by exploit code to execute arbitrary code; in heap spraying, code attempts to block a certain chunk of memory and fill it with a predetermined sequence of bytes, which may compose ...

heuristics

Software; Malware

A tool or technique that enhances the ability to identify certain, and potentially common, code patterns. This is useful for making, for example, generic detections for a malware family.

hijacking

Software; Malware

A vulnerability in which a communication channel is taken over by an attacker; an example is when an attacker gains access to the user's browsing session.

hoax

Software; Malware

An email that warns users about imaginary malware (that is, that does not exist in reality). Hoaxes tend to follow a fairly standard pattern - they are generally written in highly technical and ...