• (A) a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
• (B) a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
• (C) an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
• (D) a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.