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Computer security definitions

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A

Abort
Access
Access control system
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
Cleartext
Clickjacking
CMA
CMOS virus
Code signing
Companion virus
Computer crime
Con
Confidentiality
COPPA
Cracker
CRL
Cryptography
Cryptology
Cyberwar

D

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
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
Flaw
Flood
Full rights

G

Gatekeeper

H

Hacker
Haxor
HijackThis
Hoax
Honey pot
Hotfix

I

ICRA
Identity theft
IDS
Intruder
Intrusion Detection System
IP spoofing
ISACA

J
Currently no listings
K

Kensington lock
Kerberos
Keylogger
Keystroke logger

L

Leet
Lock
Logic bomb
Login
Log off

M

Macro virus
Mail bomb
Mail relay
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
Patch
Payload
Permission
PGP
Pharming
Phishing
Phreak
Policeware
Polymorphic virus
Port scanner
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
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
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
WPA

X
Currently no listings
Y
Currently no listings
Z

Zero-day flaw
ZERT
Zombie
Zombie network

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