The Security Mentor

Part of the problem may be the industry's penchant for creating oh-so-cute names for simple concepts.

It's reasonable to call a malicious program that pretends to be something useful a "Trojan Horse". But really, do we need to refer to copying confidential data onto a nerdstick "thumb sucking"? (The idea is that it's a "thumb drive", and you're "sucking" data into it).

I've watched experienced industry people get actively misled by some of the cutesy names. "Drive-by pharming" is an example that led a lot of people to think they knew what it was, even though it was something different.

Some people don't mind. Here's an article about wacky names in the security industry that doesn't object as much as I do. They even provide a dictionary, though it's way too short.