[coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards] A malicious
security-breaking program that is disguised as something benign, such
as a directory lister, archiver, game, or (in one notorious 1990 case
on the Mac) a program to find and destroy viruses! See {back door},
{virus}, {worm}, {phage}, {mockingbird}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {letterbomb}{malware}{mockingbird}{phage}{sharchive}{virus}{worm}]