Hackers and Vulnerabilities Glossary

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	3G
A
	AIM [AOL Instant Messenger]	Archive bomb	ASCII [American Standard Code for Information Interchange]
	API [Application Program Interface]	Archive file	Attack signature
B
	Backdoor Trojans	Bit	Bridge
	Bandwidth	Blended threat	Broadband
	Batch file	Bluetooth	Browser Helper Object
	Behavioral analysis	Boot	Browser Hijacker
	Binary code	Boot disk	Bug
	BIOS	Boot sector	Byte
C
	Cache	Command Line Prompt	Computer worm
	CARO [Computer Anti-Virus Research Organization]	Command Prompt	Cookie
	CLI [Command Line Interface]	Compound threat
	Command line	Compressed file
D
	DDoS [Distributed Denial of Service] attack	DNS cache poisoning, Pharming	DoS [Denial of Service] attack
	DHA [Directory Harvest Attack]	DNS poisoning	Download
	Dial-up connection	DNS [Domain Name System] server	DSL
	Disassembler	Domain name
	Disk sector	DOS prompt
E
	E-mail	Email worm	Executable file
	EICAR [European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research]	Encryption	Exploit
F
	False alarm	FAT [File Allocation Table]	FTP [File Transfer Protocol]
	False negative	Firewall
	False positive	Format
G
	Gateway	Generic detection	Gigabyte
H
	Hacker	Hoax	HTML [Hypertext Markup Language]
	Hardware	Hosts file	HTTP [Hypertext Transfer Protocol]
	Heuristic analysis	Hot spot
	Hexadecimal	Hotel
I
	ICQ	Internet	IPS [Intrusion Prevention Systems]
	IDS [Intrusion Detection Systems]	Internet worm	IRC [Internet Relay Chat]
	IM [Instant Messaging]	Intrusion detection	ISP [Internet Service Provider]
	IMAP [Internet Message Access Protocol]	IP address
J
	JavaScript	Joke program
K
	Kernel	Keylogger	Kilobyte
	Key	Keystroke logger
L
	Link virus
M
	Maintenance pack	Malware-related programs	Modem
	Malicious code	MBR [Master Boot Record]	MS-DOS
	Malicious software	Megabyte	MSN Messenger
	Malware	Memory
N
	Network	Network worm	NTFS [New Technology File System]
O
	Object code	Open source software	Operating system
P
	P2P	Payload	Pornware
	Packed file	PDA [Personal Digital Assistant]	Port
	Packet	Peer-to-peer	Port scanning
	Partition	Personal Firewall	Potentially hostile programs
	Partition sector	Phishing	Program
	Password-stealing Trojans	Polymorphism	Proxy server
	Patch	POP3 [Post Office Protocol 3]	PSW Trojans
R
	RAM [Random Access memory]	Riskware	Router
	Registry key	Rootkit
S
	Sandbox	SMTP [Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]	Stealth virus
	SDK [Software Development Kit]	Social engineering	System disk
	Sector	Software	System files
	Service pack	Source code	System registry
	Shell	Spyware	System registry key
	Smartphone	Stealth
T
	TCP/IP port	Trojan Clickers	Trojan Notifiers
	TCP/IP [Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol]	Trojan Downloaders	Trojan Proxies
	Terabyte	Trojan Droppers	Trojan Spies
	Trojan	Trojan horse
U
	UDP [User Datagram Protocol]	Unix	URL [Universal Resource Locator]
	Unicode	Upload	USB [Universal Serial Bus]
V
	VBS [Visual Basic Script]	VPN [Virtual Private Network]
	VoIP [Voice over IP]	Vulnerability
W
	War chalking	WiFi	World Wide Web
	War driving	Windows registry	Worm
	Web browser	Wireless access point
	Whitelist	Wireless network
X
	xx-bit processor
Z
	Zero-day exploit	Zoo