If there are any terms which we have not yet covered, please feel free to get in touch with us and we will be happy to help.
This week, we are continuing with:
Hacker/Hacking
A Hacker is someone who gains access to the computer or computer network for either good or bad reasons. Sometimes a Hacker could be working for Legal Agencies to obtain data from a suspect computer/computer network.
Illegal computer hacking is usually committed with reasons to obtain financial benefit, cause disruption or just for fun!
Good Hackers can bypass computer security, they can write programs to perform tasks on the target computer.
Hackers also write Malware programs to target computers and computer networks to gain access to the computer/network to obtain information.
Heuristic
Heuristic analysis is behavior-based analysis of a computer program by anti-virus software to identify a potential virus. Often heuristic scanning produces false alarms when a clean program behaves as a virus might.
Most real-time, and even some on-demand, Antivirus scanner use heuristic signatures to look for specific attributes and characteristics for detecting viruses and other forms of malware.
Hijack
Hijacking is the term used for attack whereby an active, established session is intercepted and used by the attacker. Hijacking can occur locally if, for example, a legitimate user leaves a computer unprotected. Remote hijacking can occur via the Internet and also via unprotected Wi-Fi connections.
Hole
A hole is a security vulnerability in the design of software and/or hardware that allows circumvention of security measures. Software companies such as Microsoft regularly send out updates/patches to “Patch” holes that have been found in the software.
The Glossary will continue next week. In the meantime, should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
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