| 1 | Trojan | Trojan (Troy) ▸ Trojan horse (malware) | 3.3M | 4% | Original holds |
| 2 | Pegasus | Pegasus (mythology) ▸ Pegasus (spyware) | 849K | 62% | Duplicate dominant |
| 3 | Virus | Virus (biology) ▸ Computer virus | 758K | 24% | Original holds |
| 4 | Phish | Fishing ▸ Phishing | 696K | 75% | Duplicate dominant |
| 5 | Phishing | Fishing ▸ Phishing | 696K | 75% | Duplicate dominant |
| 6 | Spear | Spear (weapon) ▸ Spear phishing | 663K | 79% | Duplicate dominant |
| 7 | Zombie | Zombie (folklore) ▸ Zombie (computing) | 557K | 19% | Original holds |
| 8 | Honeypot | Honey pot ▸ Honeypot (computing) | 448K | 20% | Original holds |
| 9 | Botnet | Robot network ▸ Botnet | 439K | 24% | Original holds |
| 10 | Pharming | Farming ▸ Pharming | 427K | 2% | Original holds |
| 11 | Whale | Whale ▸ Whale (crypto investor) | 411K | — | — |
| 12 | Salt | Salt (seasoning) ▸ Salt (cryptography) | 410K | 26% | Original holds |
| 13 | Inject | Injection (medicine) ▸ Code injection | 373K | 83% | Duplicate dominant |
| 14 | Hash | Hash (food) ▸ Hash function | 331K | 75% | Duplicate dominant |
| 15 | Worm | Worm (animal) ▸ Computer worm | 283K | 39% | Original holds |
| 16 | Bounty | Bounty (reward) ▸ Bug bounty | 253K | 15% | Original holds |
| 17 | Ransom | Ransom (kidnapping) ▸ Ransomware | 232K | 66% | Duplicate dominant |
| 18 | Brute force | Brute force (physical) ▸ Brute-force attack | 213K | 54% | Contested |
| 19 | Spoof | Spoof (parody) ▸ Spoofing attack | 172K | 22% | Original holds |
| 20 | Realm | Realm (kingdom) ▸ Realm (security) | 163K | 81% | Duplicate dominant |
| 21 | Hacker | Hacker (MIT tinkerer) ▸ Security hacker | 144K | 59% | Contested |
| 22 | Backdoor | Back door ▸ Backdoor (computing) | 140K | 40% | Original holds |
| 23 | Breach | Breach (break or legal) ▸ Data breach | 112K | 72% | Duplicate dominant |
| 24 | Shield | Shield ▸ DDoS protection | 104K | 19% | Original holds |
| 25 | Skimming | Skimming (reading or cream) ▸ Card skimming | 102K | 35% | Original holds |
| 26 | Key | Key (lock) ▸ Key (cryptography) | 101K | 28% | Original holds |
| 27 | Certificate | Certificate (document) ▸ Public key certificate | 92K | 90% | Duplicate dominant |
| 28 | Sniff | Sniff (smell) ▸ Packet sniffing | 79K | 29% | Original holds |
| 29 | Tailgating | Tailgating (party or driving) ▸ Tailgating (physical security) | 65K | 14% | Original holds |
| 30 | Exploit | Exploit (feat) ▸ Exploit (security) | 56K | — | — |
| 31 | Harvest | Harvest (agriculture) ▸ Email harvesting | 52K | 8% | Original holds |
| 32 | Payload | Payload (cargo or warhead) ▸ Payload (computing) | 50K | 43% | Contested |
| 33 | Perimeter | Perimeter (geometry) ▸ Network perimeter | 46K | — | — |
| 34 | Watering hole | Watering hole ▸ Watering hole attack | 31K | 64% | Duplicate dominant |