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  2. Click fraud - Wikipedia

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    [3] Those engaged in large-scale fraud will often run scripts which simulate a human clicking on ads in Web pages. [4] However, huge numbers of clicks appearing to come from just one, or a small number of computers, or a single geographic area, look highly suspicious to the advertising network and advertisers. Clicks coming from a computer ...

  3. Auto clicker - Wikipedia

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    Example of a basic auto clicker GUI. An auto clicker is a type of software or macro that can be used to automate the clicking of a mouse on a computer screen element. [1] Some clickers can be triggered to repeat recorded input.

  4. Port knocking - Wikipedia

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    Defeating port knocking protection requires large-scale brute force attacks in order to discover even simple sequences. An anonymous brute force attack against a three-knock TCP sequence (e.g. port 1000, 2000, 3000) would require an attacker to test every three port combination in the 1–65535 range and then scan each port between attacks to uncover any changes in port access on the target ...

  5. Timing attack - Wikipedia

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    In cryptography, a timing attack is a side-channel attack in which the attacker attempts to compromise a cryptosystem by analyzing the time taken to execute cryptographic algorithms. Every logical operation in a computer takes time to execute, and the time can differ based on the input; with precise measurements of the time for each operation ...

  6. Killer poke - Wikipedia

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    The PET-specific killer poke is connected to the architecture of that machine's video rasterizer circuits.In early PETs, writing a certain value to the memory address of a certain I/O register (POKE 59458,62 [3]) made the machine able to display text and graphics on the screen 106% faster.

  7. BlackNurse - Wikipedia

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    The BlackNurse attack is a form of denial of service attack based on ICMP flooding. The attack is special because a modest bandwidth of 20 Mbit/s can be effective for disrupting a victim's network. [1] The attack consists of sending ICMP Destination Unreachable packets to a destination. This works because these packets caused the destination to ...

  8. Incremental game - Wikipedia

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    In an incremental game, players perform simple actions – usually clicking a button or object – which rewards the player with currency. The player may spend the currency to purchase items or abilities that allow the player to earn the currency faster or automatically, without needing to perform the initial action.

  9. Referrer spam - Wikipedia

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    This is an excerpt of a screenshot of Referrer spam in the output of the Webalizer website analytics software. Referrer spam (also known as referral spam, log spam or referrer bombing) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed at search engines).