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War Dialer

nounid 4640·updated May 9, 2026
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A computer program that automatically dials a series of telephone numbers to find lines connected to computer systems, and catalogs those numbers so that a cracker can try to break into the systems.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
War Dialers
possessive
War Dialer's
pluralpossessive
War Dialers'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A computer program that automatically dials a series of telephone numbers to find lines connected to computer systems, and catalogs those numbers so that a cracker can try to break into the systems.

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