Sentence examples for hidden malicious from inspiring English sources

Spread via unknown means, it turned out to have hidden, malicious intent: providing backdoor access to the infected phone.

One reason that the phishers' tactics are increasingly effective: Instead of directly asking for bank account information in scam e-mails or on Web sites, cybercriminals are using hidden malicious software downloaded to users' desktops that monitors their online activities and records bank codes, Litan says.

Chen et al. [13] models attacks against CSS protocols as a Byzantine fault tolerance system, in that the CSS protocol can continue functioning as intended as long as there are not too many Byzantine failures, which in this case are generally hidden, malicious, or malfunctioning sensors.

Data can be stolen by using devices such as "Trojan horses," programs that carry out a useful task but also contain hidden malicious code, or simply by eavesdropping on network communications.

Tingting and Feng [41] describe an attacker of this type as a hidden malicious user.

We actually run every application on Google's cloud infrastructure and simulate how it will run on an Android device to look for hidden, malicious behavior.

German security researcher Benjamin Daniel Mussler has discovered a vulnerability in Amazon's Kindle e-reader that lets hackers hide malicious code in a book's metadata that compromises their Amazon account.

However, challenges in scaling sound, precise static analyses mean that an auditor must settle for either imprecise results (generating many false positives, which can be time-consuming to discharge) or unsound results (which makes it easy for adversaries to hide malicious behaviors).

Working in parallel with a sandbox, this type of deep memory inspection detects and blocks malware that uses custom encryption to hide malicious behavior.

BitDam is the ultimate solution against targeted attacks hidden in malicious files and web content.

Stay invisible If you are using the Bluetooth function and don't require your device ID to be visible to others, make sure the device's visibility setting is set to "hidden" so malicious hackers will not be able to scan and search for it.