cyberthreat

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ threat.

Noun

cyberthreat (plural cyberthreats)

1. A threat posed by means of the Internet or cyberspace.

   Antonyms: cybersafety, cybersecurity

   Coordinate terms: cyberattack, cyberwar

   • 2009 August 27, John Markoff, “Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But he said that the group’s work proved that government and private industry could cooperate to counter cyberthreats.