The payload is the destructive event or prank the program is intended
to deliver.
Unscrupulous programmers write malware and then test it to ensure
it can deliver its payload.
Cookies a small text file that a Web server stores on your computer.
Cookie files typically contain data about you, such as your user name or
viewing preferences
T E R M S
Spam - is an unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroup posting sent to
many recipients or newsgroups at once. Spam is Internet junk mail
Malware is a programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the computer’s operations.
A more devastating type of DoS attack is the DDoS (distributed DoS)
attack, in which a zombie army (botnet) is used to attack computers or
computer networks.
Zombie - A compromised computer, is one whose owner is unaware
the computer is being controlled remotely by an outsider.
Denial of service attacks or DoS attack, is an assault whose purpose
is to disrupt computer access to an Internet service such as the Web or
Phishing scam -is a scam in which a perpetrator sends an official
looking e-mail message that attempts to obtain your personal and
financial information