Trojan horse

application, security (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! A Trojan horse is similar to a back door.

See also RFC 1135, worm, phage, mockingbird.

[Jargon File]

(1995-03-21)