The illegal practice of collecting email accounts from information in the public domain or by using software to search for email addresses stored locally on a computer. Account harvesting is one of th [..]

A string of text stored by your web browser enabling a website to remember you and your personal settings.

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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional dial-up modem can provide.

Software that is covertly installed on your computer and designed to deliver advertisements or other content which encourages you to purchase goods or services.

Software that is designed to prevent infection from computer viruses.

A type of digital currency which uses encryption techniques to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank.

A single compromised computer (a robot computer), sometimes called a zombie.

A network of compromised computers, also called a zombie network.

The individual (or group) who controls a botnet remotely, also called a bot-herder.