Web Bug

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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Malicious code, invisible to a user, placed on Web sites in such a way that it allows third parties to track use of Web servers and collect information about the user, including IP address, host name, browser type and version, operating system name and version, and Web browser cookie.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Threat85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

Pii90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Web Bugs
possessive: Web Bug's
pluralpossessive: Web Bugs'

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