:Trojan horse: [coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards]
n. A malicious, security-breaking program that is disguised as
something benign, such as a directory lister, archiver, game, or
(in one notorious 1990 case on the Mac) a program to find and
destroy viruses! See {back door}, {virus}, {worm},
{phage}, {mockingbird}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
n. A malicious, security-breaking program that is disguised as
something benign, such as a directory lister, archiver, game, or
(in one notorious 1990 case on the Mac) a program to find and
destroy viruses! See {back door}, {virus}, {worm},
{phage}, {mockingbird}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- Trojan horse: [coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards]
n.
A malicious, security-breaking program that is disguised... - phage: n. A program that modifies other programs or databases in
unauthorized ways;
esp. one that propagates a {virus} or {Trojan horse}... - phage n.
A program that modifies other programs or
databases in unauthorized ways;
esp. one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse... - worm: [from `tapeworm' in John Brunner's novel "The
Shockwave Rider",
via XEROX PARC] n. A program that propagates itself... - AIDS: /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a
{glob} pattern that matches,
but is not limited to, Apple), this condition is... - worm n.
[from `tapeworm' in John Brunner's novel
"The Shockwave Rider",
via XEROX PARC] A program that propagates itself... - mockingbird: n. Software that intercepts communications
(especially login transactions) between users and hosts and
provides system-like responses to the users while saving their
responses (especially account IDs and passwords).
A special case of {Trojan Horse}. -- The AI Hackers... - virus n.
[from the obvious analogy with biological viruses,
via SF] A cracker program that searches out other programs... - science-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a
very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly...
From the same category:
- Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
-
Voltaire (1694... - We're here, we're queer,
we won't drink Coors beer... - Q: What is purple and commutes?
A:
An Abelian grape... - I will not spank
others... - Long term policy usually
isn't...
