malware

Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

Noun

  1. Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
    • In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one...

Origin

From mal- + -ware.

Forms

malwares

Wikipedia

Malware

Hypernyms

software

Hyponyms

adware backdoor botnet browser hijacker chargeware crimeware cryptoransomware cryptovirus cryptoworm dialer dialler fraudtool key logger ransomware rootkit scareware shock site spyware stealware tarbomb trojan Trojan horse virus worm

Related

backdoor exploit URL injection wabbit -ware

Derived

antimalware bossware