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Network Chico security
terms glossary
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Welcome to the Network Chico
computer security terms glossary.
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Immediate Acting: Usually
of payloads; code that runs when the virus or Trojan carrying
it first runs. For example, one of the reasons the mass mailing
viruses W97M/Melissa and VBS/LoveLetter spread so far and so
fast was because their mass mailing code runs the first time
the virus' macro (Melissa) or script (LoveLetter) is run. Whether
that functionality is disabled so as to not execute on subsequent
runs of the virus or Trojan is immaterial.
Impact: The extent to
which an attacker may gain access to a system and the severity
of it on the organization. For example:
- 1, 2, 3 Info Gathering: Little or no chance of an attacker
gaining access to a system
- 4, 5, 6, 7 User Access: Attackers can gain limited user or
network level access
- 8, 9, 10 Privileged access or Denial of Service: Attackers
can gain root or superuser access or severely impact system operation
In the Field: Sometimes
viruses are said to be 'in the field' or 'reported from the field'.
This may be loose usage of the term, or it may be to draw the
distinction between viruses that have been seen in a small number
of real-world infection incidents ('in the field') and those
that have reached the top half of the WildList ('in the wild';
see next item).
IRC War: Any tool that
uses Internet Relay Chat for spoofing, eavesdropping, sniffing,
spamming, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery, 'imposturing',
electronic trespassing, tampering, hacking, nuking, system contamination
including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan
horses causing unauthorized, damaging or harmful access and/or
retrieval of information and data on your computer and other
forms of activity that may even be considered unlawful.
ITW, ItW: In the Wild.
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