Although their payload can be anything, many modern forms act as a backdoor, contacting a controller who can then have unauthorized access to the affected computer. Trojans generally spread by some form of social engineering for example, where a user is duped into executing an email attachment disguised to appear innocuous (e.g., a routine form to be filled in), or by clicking on some fake advertisement on social media or anywhere else.
The term is derived from the Ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of Troy. In computing, a Trojan horse is any malware that misleads users of its true intent. Security information and event management (SIEM).Host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS).
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