Terminologies of Hacking?! (Part 4)

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25. Spyware

    Spyware is software that is designed to gather information about someone or organization without knowledge and sends such information to another entity without consumer consent or without consumer knowledge You can be under the control of a computer.

26. SQL Injection

     SQL Injection is a SQL code injection method for attacking data-driven applications that insert malicious SQL statements into input fields and execute them (for example, dump the contents of the database to the attacker). Read more...

27. Threat

     Threats are potentially dangerous as they can exploit existing errors and vulnerabilities to violate the security of computers and network systems.

28. Trojan

     A Trojan, or Trojan Horse, is a malicious program disguised to look like a valid program, making it difficult to distinguish from programs that are supposed to be there designed with an intention to destroy files, alter information, steal passwords or other information.

29. Virus

    A virus is a malicious program or code that usually adversely affects, such as destroying a system or destroying data, and can reproduce itself.

30. Vulnerability

     Vulnerability is a weakness that allows hackers to violate the security of computers and network systems.

31. Worms

     A worm is a self-replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself.

32. Zombie Drone

    A Zombie Drone is defined as a hi-jacked computer that is being used anonymously as a soldier or 'drone' for malicious activity, for example, distributing unwanted spam e-mails.

This is all you need to know about these terms. Which I think were necessarily important for you guys to know about. Hope you liked it.

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