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Malware
Abbreviation for Malicious software, it is a software designed to harm or secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent.
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man-in-the-browser (MITB) attack
Software; Malware
A type of web-based threat in which a malicious program has the ability to modify webpages and transactions, or insert additional transactions, all without the user's and host's knowledge.
man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack
Software; Malware
A form of eavesdropping in which the attacker positions herself figuratively in the middle of two parties. These parties are under the assumption that they are communicating with each other when in ...
memory reallocation
Software; Malware
A condition in which memory is reused and overwritten before the previous data written into it was used; if the new data is unexpected, this may cause errors in the program.
memory resident
Software; Malware
A threat is termed as "memory resident" if it continues to run and the space it occupies in memory is not freed for use by another program. A memory-resident threat persists in memory and usually ...
microsoft word global template
Software; Malware
An add-in that stores macros, AutoText entries, and custom toolbar, menu, and shortcut key settings that you can use while you work with documents based on any template. By default, the Normal ...
monitoring tool
Software; Malware
A program that monitors activity such as keystrokes, or captures screen images.
mutual exclusion object (mutex)
Software; Malware
A programming object that may be created by malware to signify that it is currently running in the computer. This can be used as an infection 'marker' in order to prevent multiple instances of the ...
