olemus
elektroonilise dokumendi tarkvarakomponent,
mis on võimeline ilma kasutaja osaluseta
automaatselt sooritama või käivitama toiminguid
mingil platvormil
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code hidden in electronic documents and websites

NIST SP 800-28 Version 2:
electronic documents that can carry out or trigger actions automatically on a computer platform without the intervention of a user

ülevaateid
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/4847/active-content

https://votiro.com/resource-center/resource-center-active-content-what-it-is-and-how-it-becomes-malicious/

näiteid
- GIF-animeering
- JavaScript-kood
- ActiveX-element
- voogmeedium
- makro

turvalisus
http://www.mercury.org.uk/PDF&Doc/AC&S.pdf

http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-28ver2.pdf

https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/usenix01/invitedtalks/kaufman.pdf