Glossary
Infostealer
A malicious program that rummages through your device to steal passwords, cookies and banking data.
An infostealer ("information stealer") installs itself on a machine to siphon off the credentials saved in the browser, open sessions and payment data. This information is then resold and used for other attacks. The theft of sessions is particularly troublesome, because it can allow two-factor authentication to be bypassed.
See also
Social engineeringThe manipulation of people (trust, fear, urgency) to push them into doing what the attacker wants.ISO/IEC 27001The international reference standard for seriously organising information security in an organisation.MalwareA general term for any software designed to do harm: virus, worm, Trojan horse, ransomware, spyware and so on.MFA / 2FATwo-factor authentication: on top of the password, a second proof (code, app, key) to prove it really is you.