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malicious applet

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A small application program that is automatically downloaded and executed and that performs an unauthorized function on an information system.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

alternatephrasing
Malicious Applets
plural
malicious appletsMalicious Appletses
possessive
malicious applet'sMalicious Applets's
pluralpossessive
malicious applets'Malicious Appletses'