Cybersquatting refers to illegal domain name registration or use. Its primary purpose is to steal or misspell a domain name in order to profit from an increase in website visits, which otherwise would not be […]
An Easter Egg is a secret message, joke or screen buried in an application. They are used to display the credits for the development team or a humorous message. To see an Easter Egg, you need to […]
A tweet is an online posting, or “micro-blog” created by a Twitter user. The purpose of each tweet is to answer the question, “What are you doing?” A tweet may contain up to 280 characters. […]
A firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. It is designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. You […]
A Honeypot is a network-attached security system set up as a decoy to lure cyber-attackers and to detect, deflect or study hacking attempts in order to gain unauthorized access to information systems. The function of a […]
Onion Routing is a technique for anonymous communication over a computer network. In an onion network, messages are encapsulated in layers of encryption, which can be compared to layers of an onion. Tor is an […]
Spear-phishing is an email or electronic communications scam targeted towards a specific individual, organization or business. Although often intended to steal data for malicious purposes, cybercriminals may also intend to install malware on a targeted […]
Whaling is a specific kind of malicious hacking within the more general category of phishing, which involves hunting for data that can be used by the hacker. The targets are usually high-ranking bankers or executives. […]
Spam or junk email is the use of e-mail systems to send an unsolicited/unwanted message, especially advertising, as well as sending messages repeatedly on the same site. Spammers harvest recipient addresses from publicly accessible sources, […]
Bandwidth hog is a slang term used to describe files that take a long time to download, or an application that requires a larger amount of system resources to run or keep updated. For example, […]
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