antihacker

English

Alternative forms

• anti-hacker

Etymology

anti- +‎ hacker

Adjective

antihacker (not comparable)

1. Opposing or countering computer hackers.

   The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, frequently amended, remains an important weapon in the federal government's antihacker arsenal.

Translations

opposing or countering computer hackers

• Portuguese: antihackers

Noun

antihacker (plural antihackers)

1. One who is employed to detect and counter computer hackers.
   • 2008, Raoul Chiesa, Stefania Ducci, Silvio Ciappi, Profiling Hackers, page 103:

     Often, they boast that they have managed to get around and beat the actual computer security experts and antihackers (so-called hacker-catchers, or hacker hunters), making fun of them to show that they are the ones hunting the security experts and not the contrary.

   • 2014, Rich Helton, Mastering NServiceBus and Persistence:

     Firewalls provide some protection as well as Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSes), but there is so much white noise for viruses and scans that many real hack attacks may go unnoticed, except by very skilled antihackers.

   • 2017, Donna Brazile, Hacks:

     I mean, these antihackers are much in demand, make huge salaries, and likely were not at all interested in politics.

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