Trojan horse

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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A computer program that appears to have a useful function, but also has a hidden and potentially malicious function that evades security mechanisms, sometimes by exploiting legitimate authorizations of a system entity that invokes the program.

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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: Trojan horses
possessive: Trojan horse's
pluralpossessive: Trojan horses'

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