Malware

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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A program that is inserted into a system, usually covertly, with the intent of compromising the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the victim’s data, applications, or operating system or of otherwise annoying or disrupting the victim.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

7 surface forms

synonym: malicious appletmalicious codemalicious logictrojan horse
plural: Malwares
possessive: Malware's
pluralpossessive: Malwares'

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