Dictionary of Information Security

V

vaccine program or code module that is attached, or

attaches itself, to an executable program to perform

a change detection check and warn if there have been

any changes. Sometimes used as an antiviral, and

sometimes simply to check for program corruption.

The term “vaccine” is poorly defined, and infre-

quently used.

vampire data data the suspect in a case had thought dead,

but was recovered in a computer forensics or digital

forensics process to come back and bite them on the

neck. (OK, it’s slang, and it doesn’t really have a

meaning, but it’s too cute to leave out.)

vampire tap means of tapping into coaxial (network)

cable, by drilling through the layers of insulation and

outer conductor, and attaching conductors to both

the inner and outer conductors ...