Glossary: Modern Vulnerabilities, Malware and Physical Attacks

Payload

The harmful part that malware delivers, such as the ransomware a worm carries or the deletion a logic bomb runs.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 3: Malware, part 1: ransomware, trojans, worms, spyware and adware
Chapter 4: Malware, part 2: viruses, rootkits, keyloggers, logic bombs and fileless malware

Related terms

Worm Logic bomb