Zia Ur Rehman

Roll no 51

Dictionary access control

The Digital devil's Dictionary application, developed by Apple for its Macintosh computers, was
introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger”. Apple also included a Dashboard Widget for accessing the
Dictionary application. In applications which support "Services", there is an option in the
application menu, which brings up the Dictionary application and displays the definition of a
selected word.

Malware: Software that runs computer processes that either unexpected or unauthorised but
are always harmful. The term "malware “generally covers viruses, worms and Trojan horses.

Backdoor: Term for an app or service that permits remote access to an infected computer. It
opens a backdoor to circumvent other security mechanisms.

Phishing: A method of stealing personal data via an authentic-looking e-mail which appears to
come from a real company or institution -- to trick the recipient into sending vital banking or login
information etc.

Trojan: Covert infiltration by malware or malicious software under the guise of a useful
program.

Virus: A software with the ability to self-replicate and attach itself to other executable programs.
May or may not be harmful. Depletes resources.

Worm: Autonomous program or constellation of programs that distributes fully functional whole
or partial copies of itself to other computers.

Grayware: All applications that cause annoying and possibly undesirable or unforeseen
behaviour in the way programs

Hacking Tools: Programs that render a computer or network more vulnerable to attack or use
simulated hacking to test the vulnerability of all accessible components.

RATs: Remote Access Tools enable remote access to an infected computer, thus permitting
outside administration or manipulation. Not malicious, but legitimate.

Spyware: Software that monitors and collects a user's data and eventually transmits it to a
company for venous purposes.