spyware

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004048",
  "term": "spyware",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Software that is secretly or surreptitiously installed into an information system to gather information on individuals or organizations without their knowledge; a type of malicious code.\n\n2. Software that is secretly or surreptitiously installed into a system to gather information on individuals or organizations without their knowledge; a type of malicious code.\n\n3. Software that is secretly or surreptitiously installed onto an information system to gather information on individuals or organizations without their knowledge; a type of malicious code.\n\n4. Software that is secretly or surreptitiously installed into an information system to gather information on individuals or organizations without their knowledge.\n\n5. A program embedded within an application that collects information and periodically communicates back to its home site, unbeknownst to the user.\n\n6. Malware intended to violate a user’s privacy.\n\n7. Malware specifically intended to violate a user’s privacy.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4; NIST SP 800-128 from CNSSI 4009-2015, CNSSI 4009-2022; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5; NIST SP 800-128 from CNSSI 4009; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 from NIST SP 800-53",
    "NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2 [Superseded] from NIST SP 800-53",
    "NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-28 Version 2",
    "NIST SP 800-45 Version 2",
    "NIST SP 800-69 [Withdrawn]",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/spyware/"
}