Adware is software that displays advertisements on your computer.

Advanced persistent threats are a type of targeted attack. APTs are characterized by an attacker who has time and resources to plan an infiltration into a network.

A zombie is an infected computer that is remotely controlled by a hacker. It is often part of a botnet, which is a network of many zombie, or bot computers.

Vulnerabilities are bugs in software programs that hackers exploit to infect computers.

Viruses are computer programs that can spread by making copies of themselves.

Trojans are programs that pretend to be legitimate software, but actually carry out hidden, harmful functions.

Spyware is software that permits advertisers or hackers to gather sensitive information without your permission.

When an endpoint security solution scans files, it labels them as clean or malicious. If a file has a number of questionable characteristics or behavior, it is labeled as suspicious.

Email spoofing is when the sender address of an email is forged for the purposes of social engineering.

Spearphishing is targeted phishing using spoof emails to persuade people within a company to reveal sensitive information or credentials.