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قائمة بالمصطلحات الهامة المستخدمة في مجال القرصنة. Following is a list of important terms used in the field of hacking. ✅Adware − Adware is software designed to force pre-chosen ads to display on your system. ✅Attack − An attack is an action that is done on a system to get its access and extract sensitive data. ✅Back door − A back door, or trap door, is a hidden entry to a computing device or software that bypasses security measures, such as logins and password protections. ✅Bot − A bot is a program that automates an action so that it can be done repeatedly at a much higher rate for a more sustained period than a human operator could do it. For example, sending HTTP, FTP or Telnet at a higher rate or calling script to create objects at a higher rate. ✅Botnet − A botnet, also known as zombie army, is a group of computers controlled without their owners’ knowledge. Botnets are used to send spam or make denial of service attacks. ✅Brute force attack − A brute force attack is an automated and the simplest kind of method to gain access to a system or website. It tries different combination of usernames and passwords, over and over again, until it gets in. ✅Buffer Overflow − Buffer Overflow is a flaw that occurs when more data is written to a block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold. ✅Clone phishing − Clone phishing is the modification of an existing, legitimate email with a false link to trick the recipient into providing personal information. ✅Cracker − A cracker is one who modifies the software to access the features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software, especially copy protection features. ✅Denial of service attack (DoS) − A denial of service (DoS) attack is a malicious attempt to make a server or a network resource unavailable to users, usually by temporarily interrupting or suspending the services of a host connected to the Internet. ✅DDoS − Distributed denial of service attack. ✅Exploit Kit − An ex