Forensic Dictionary- M

Malware – Another word for malicious code. This includes viruses, logic bombs, and worms. (See logic bomb)

Message Digest 5 (MD5) – A method of verifying data integrity via one-way hash function,by converting a message into a fixed string of 32 digits, which is used to verify that the message hasn’t been altered.

Metadata – Also known as meta information, is a data component that describes about the data.