logic bomb (redirected from Malicious logic)

A program routine that destroys data when certain conditions are met; for example, it may reformat the hard disk or insert random bits into data files on a certain date or if a particular employee record is missing from the employee database. Most viruses are logic bombs because they deliver their payload after a specific latency or when a trigger event occurs. See virus, latency and payload.

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(programming, security)

logic bomb - Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or operating system that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met. Compare back door.