Glossary
Adware: any program that delivers advertising while it runs. Many adware applications also track user information for use at a later time.Bluesnarfing: the theft of information from a wireless device using Bluetooth technology.Bot: a program that operates as an agent for a user or another program or simulates a human activity.Cookie: information about you that a website stores on your computer so it can access that information for future reference.Cookie Poisoning: the modification of a cookie by an attacker to gain unauthorized information about the user for purposes such as identity theft.Encryption: the scrambling of data so it is rendered virtually useless with regard to interpretation.Evil Twin: a home-made wireless access point (hot spot) that masquerades as a legitimate one to gather personal or corporate information without the end-user’s knowledge.Firewall: works to prevent computers that are on a network from communicating directly with external computer systems and serves as a barrier through which all information passing between the networks and the external systems must travel.Keylogger: a type of tracking software that secretly records all keystroke and mouse activity.Malware: short for any type of”malicious software,” it includes spyware, viruses, worms, and trojan horses.Phishing: a method of tricking people into giving up their personal information.Rootkit: a set of programs used to hack into a system and gain administrative-level access. They may also monitor traffic and keystrokes.URL Poisoning: a method of tracking web user behavior by adding an ID number to the URL line in a web browser when a user visits a particular site. This ID number can then be used to determine which pages on the site the user visits anytime afterwards.Worm: a self-replicating program similar to a virus but different in that worms self-propagate without having to rely on other programs or documents to be effective.
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