Implant

Definitions

1. A malicious payload placed on or in a compromised system to provide persistence, remote access, surveillance, or later-stage attack capability. The term is common in incident response and threat intelligence when describing post-exploitation malware components.

   In plain English: A malicious program planted on a system to maintain access or perform further actions.

   Example: "The initial exploit was noisy, but the real long-term risk came from the implant it dropped for persistence."

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