Trojan horse

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004410",
  "term": "Trojan horse",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A computer program that appears to have a useful function, but also has a hidden and potentially malicious function that evades security mechanisms, sometimes by exploiting legitimate authorizations of a system entity that invokes the program.\n\n2. A useful or seemingly useful program that contains hidden code of a malicious nature that executes when the program is invoked.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1; NIST SP 800-82r3 from RFC 4949",
    "NIST SP 800-28 Version 2",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/trojan-horse/"
}