rat
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- noun
- /ræt/
- Specialized
- At this point, it appears to be the Poison Ivy RAT variant that is likely to be detected by many antivirus vendors.
Examples
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For instance, most users know they are interacting with a rat, even though it looks like a human in the virtual space.
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They are using the PlugX RAT as well as the NvSmart technique found in previous targeted attacks.
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The hacker found the RAT online and modified it.
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The security team discovered a rat that allowed unauthorized access to the company's network.
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After analyzing the system, we identified a rat that was secretly controlling the computer's functions.
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The technician removed the rat to restore normal operation to the compromised workstation.
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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An insulting word for a person from a poor neighborhood who behaves in a rough or criminal way
- Offensive
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An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
- US
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A small hopping animal that lives in deserts, often in North America and Mexico, and eats seeds
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A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Australian
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A small Australian animal with a pouch that looks like a rat but is related to kangaroos
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A small dark animal like a large mouse that lives near people and often carries disease
- US
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A small desert animal like a mouse that hops on long hind legs and has a long tail
- US
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A small wild animal like a rat that lives in forests, builds nests, and often collects things
- South African
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A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
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A large shiny black snake from North America that is not venomous and eats rats and mice
- US
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A small wild animal like a mouse that lives in marsh grass and eats plants and insects
- Specialized
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A thin metal tool with a round taper used to smooth small round holes and curves
- Australian
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A small Australian animal with a pouch that looks like a rabbit-sized rat
- Australian
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A small animal from Australia and New Guinea that lives in water and looks like a beaver
- US
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A small mammal from southern South America that looks like a shrew and carries its young in a pouch
- Specialized
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A small rodent like a mouse from North America with a bushy tail that collects things for its nest
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A serious disease that causes fever and a rash when fleas spread bacteria to people
- Baby Talk
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A circle game where players join hands and raise them to let a child pass while another catches them
- Australian
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A small animal like a mouse that eats insects and carries its young in a pouch
- Specialized
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A small mouse-like animal with large back legs that hops and lives in burrows in the western United States
A small animal like a rat with soft thick fur and big ears that lives in the Andes
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse that lives in Florida marshes and swims
- Indian
A large snake from South and Southeast Asia that is not poisonous and often enters buildings to catch mice
- Specialized
A larger female in a colony of naked mole rats who is the only one to have babies
A large harmless reddish snake from the southern United States that lives on farms and in woods
- Offensive
A harmful false idea that people who get government help are lazy or dishonest
- Offensive
An insulting name for a flying animal like a pigeon that people see as dirty or annoying
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rat in computing is both an abbreviation and a picture of the animal: it is often called Remote Access Trojan and the name also suggests a small, 'sneaky intruder' that gets into a computer. So a computer rat is a secret program that lets an attacker control a machine.