Computer security definitions

Network definitions

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A

Abort Access Access control system Account lockout ACE ACL Address spoof Admin Administrator Administrative Advisory Adware AES ANI Anonymous Application gateway Authentication Authorize antivirus antivirus program antivirus software Asymmetric Encryption Attachment Attack AV AVS

B

Backdoor Bitlocker Black hat Blue box Back orifice BO Bomb Boot sector virus Botnet Brute-force attack Bypass

C

Callback Carnivore CDA CERT Chain mail Cipher Clbuttic Cleartext Clickjacking CMA CMOS virus Code signing Combofix Communications act Companion virus Computer crime Computer security Con Confidentiality COPPA Copy protection Crack Cracker Crackz Credit card fraud CRL Cryptography Cryptology Cyberwar

D

DACL DARPA Data theft DataDot DCS1000 DDoS Decryption DEF CON Deface Default password Deffie-Hellman Definition Denial Of Service DES Dictionary attack Digital signature DNS hijacking DoD DoS Drive-by download DRM DSO exploit Dumpster diving

E

E-mail bomb E-mail spoof Earwigging EAP Eavesdropping ECHELON EFS Elite Encrypt Ethical hacking Evil twin EVP Executable virus Exploit

F

Federated identity File protection Finger print Filter Firewall Fishing Flame Flaw Flood Foistware Full rights

G

Gatekeeper GPO

H

Hack Hacker Hackz Haxor HijackThis Hoax Honey pot Hotfix

I

ICRA Identity theft IDS Intruder Intrusion Detection System IP spoofing ISACA

J

Jailbreaking

K

Kensington lock Kerberos Keylogger Keystroke logger

L

Layer Socket Provider Leet Lock Logic bomb Login Log off LSP

M

Macro virus Mail bomb Mail relay Malvertising Malware Man-in-the-middle attack Manhole Master Boot Record virus MBR virus MDC Microsoft Security Essentials Modification Detection Code Multipart virus Monitor MSE

N

Node encryption Non resident virus

O

Obfuscation Orange book OTP Overrun Overwrite virus

P

Packet monkey Passphrase Password Password generator Password manager Patch Payload Permission Personally identifiable information PGP Pharming Phishing Phreak PII Policeware Polymorphic virus Port scanner Predator Pretty Good Privacy Privilege level Privileges Promiscuous mode Public Key Cryptography

Q

Quarantine

R

Random seed Ransomware RAT Recover Remote admin Resident virus Rookie Root Rootkit

S

Sabotage Sandbox Scam Scareware Scriptz Scunthorpe problem Secure connection Security Seed Shoulder surfing Sign off Slogin Snarf Sniffing Social engineering Spam Spear phishing SPI Spoof Spoofing Spybot Spyware SSH Stealth virus SYN attack

T

Tamper Tempest TheftGuard Trapdoor Trojan horse Trusted Execution Technology

U

UAC Unlock Update Upgrade Username

V

Vaccine Virus VoMM

W

War dial War driving WARP WEP White hat Windows 99 Windows Defender Worm WOT WPA

X

Currently no listings

Y

Currently no listings

Z

Zero-day flaw ZERT Zombie Zombie network

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