# Malware
**Domain:** Cybersecurity / Software
**Doc Type:** Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Vienna Virus]], [[Avast]], [[Cybersecurity]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
## Definition
Malware is software designed or repurposed to compromise, disrupt, surveil or exploit computer systems.
## Corpus Context
It creates a machine-about-machine environment in which defenders infer likely purpose from executable structure and behavior.
## Backlinks
- [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
- [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]