Trojan horse

1. Cyberthreats

A trojan horse is computer software designed to breach the security of a system, while ostensibly performing a useful or innocuous function.

Sometimes abbreviated to 'trojan'.

2.

More generally, any device or strategy involving deception and concealment, designed to attack an opponent.

See also

• Cyber security
• Cyberthreat
• Malware
• Ransomware