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Meaning of malware | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/

Definitions

Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one of the greatest digital threats to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet, the computer attack by the United States and Israel that took out Iran’s uranium centrifuges in 2009.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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