Spyware

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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Software that is secretly or surreptitiously installed into an information system to gather information on individuals or organizations without their knowledge; a type of malicious code.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Spywares
possessive: Spyware's
pluralpossessive: Spywares'

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