is a distributed system that collects data about existing threats in real time. In addition, it effectively identifies unknown threats and their sources and reacts quickly to protect users against them.

is a set of tools or utilities designed to achieve a particular goal. In the case above, a toolkit is used to create and manage a botnet that is then used to steal users’ online banking credentials.

are instances of malicious programs that are found ‘In the Wild’ on a user’s system and are evidence of infection.

is a type of malware developed especially to commit financial crimes automatically. This category of malware includes other categories with similar malicious behavior, such as Banker Trojans and PSW Trojans, etc. You can learn more about crimeware and malware classification here.

A keylogger can be used by a third-party to obtain confidential data (login details, passwords, credit card numbers, PINs, etc.) by intercepting key presses. Backdoor Trojans typically come with a built-in keylogger; and the confidential data is relayed to a remote hacker to be used to make money…

The World Wide Web (or WWW for short) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, a British software consultant who was looking for a way to track associations between pieces of information using a computer (much like a thesaurus does manually). His initial program for doing this was called ‘…

The WildList was established in July 1993 by anti-virus researcher Joe Wells, was subsequently published monthly by the WildList Organization and is now published by ICSA Labs (part of TrueSecure Corporation). It aims to keep track of which viruses are spreading in the real world (the WildList FAQ…

WiFi (short for ‘wireless fidelity’) is the name commonly given to wireless networks that conform to the 802.11 specification laid down by IEEE [Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers]. WiFi provides for fast data transfer rates (up to 11Mbs) and has become increasingly…

Used as one method of filtering spam, a whitelist provides a list of legitimate e-mail addresses or domain names: all messages from whitelisted addresses or domains are automatically passed through to the intended recipient.

A web browser is an application that lets a user access and display content from the World Wide Web.