The Safe Mac's Malware Dictionary

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My net bud/colleague Thomas Reed has published a Malware Dictionary at his website, The Safe Mac. You can access his Malware Dictionary here:

The Safe Mac : Malware Dictionary

Here's a list of terms featured in Thomas's Malware Dictionary:

adware
backdoor
black hat hacker
bot
botnet
click fraud
command-and-control server
cross-site scripting
definitions
denial-of-service (and distributed denial-of-service)
drive-by download
dropper
exploit
false positive
hacktool
heuristics
in the wild
keylogger
malware
on-access scanning
on-demand scanning
payload
phishing
proof of concept
PUA
ransomware
RAT
rootkit
signatures
spyware
trojan
variant
virus
vulnerability
watering hole
white hat hacker
worm
zero-day

I've added a link to The Safe Mac : Malware Dictionary on the right side of the page under Friends of Mac-Security.