Glossary

System Vulnerabilities: Unpatched software, outdated systems, and misconfigured security settings all open the door for sensitive data to slip through the cracks.

A
- Accuracy
- Active Scanning
- Address Resolution Protocl (ARP) Poisoning
- Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
- Adware
- Alert
- Amplified DDoS Attack
- Anomaly Monitoring
- Anti-Spoofing
- Application Scanner
- Approximate Algorithm
- Arbitrary Code Execution
- Armored Viruses
- Asymmetric Encryption
- Authentication
- Authoritative Nameserver
B
- Backtracking Algorithm
- Base Rate Fallacy
- Beaconing
- Black Box
- Blacklist Monitoring
- Bluejacking
- Bluesnarfing
- Botnet
- Branch-and-Bound
- Brandjacking
- Brute Force
- BSSID (Broadcast Service Set Identifier)
- Buffer
- Buffer Overflow (Buffer Overrun)
- Bulletproof Hosting
C
- CCMP (Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chain)
- Chosen Plaintext Attack
- Christmas Tree Packets
- Cipher
- Ciphertext
- Clickjacking
- Code Execution Attack
- Command & Control Center
- Configuration Compliance Scanning
- Container
- Container Registry
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF or XSRF)
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Cryptographic Primitive
- Cryptographic Protocol
- Cursorjacking
D
- Deauthentication Frame
- Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
- Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
- Deterministic Algorithm
- Device Driver Refactoring
- Dictionary Attack
- Digraph
- Directory Traversal
- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
- Divide and Conquer Algorithm
- DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance)
- DNS Poisoning
- DNS Poisoning (DNS Spoofing/DNS Hijacking)
- DNS Record
- DNS Record Types
- DNS Recursor (Recursive Resolver)
- DNS Resolution
- DNS Root Server
- DNS Tunneling
- DNS Zone
- DNSCrypt
- Domain Hijacking Attack
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
- Domain shadowing
- Dot Dot Slash
- Downgrade Attack
- Driver Shimming
- Dumpster Diving
E
- Eavesdropping Attacks
- Eavesdropping Attacks - Active
- Eavesdropping Attacks - Passive
- Evil Twin Access Point
- Exact Algorithm
F
- Fault Tolerance
- Frequency Analysis Attack
G
- Greedy Algorithms
- Grey Box
H
- Hash Functions
- Heuristic Algorithm
- Hierarchal Topology (Botnets)
- Homograph Attack
- Honeynet
- Honeypot
- Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
- Hostname (DNS Hierarchy)
- Hybrid Attack (Passwords)
I
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- IEEE 802
- IEEE 802.11
- Impersonation Attacks
- Indicators
- Indiciators & Warnings
- Injection Attack
- Integer Overflow
- Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
- Intrusion Indicator
- Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
- IP Spoofing
K
- Key Agreement
- Key Exchange
- Keystream
- Known Ciphertext Attack
- Known Plaintext Attack (KPA)
L
- Las Vegas Algorithm
- Logic Bomb
M
- MAC Address Spoofing
- Malware
- Malware Vector
- Man In The Middle (MITM) Attacks
- Monte Carlo Algorithm
- Multi-Server Topology (Botnets)
N
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
- NFC (Near-field communication)
- Nimda Worm
- Non-Repudiation
- NXDomain Attack
O
- Offline Algorithm
- Online Algorithm
- Overhead (Malware)
P
- Packet Inspection
- Padding Oracle on Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) Attack
- Passive Scanning
- Payload (Malware)
- Persistence
- Pharming
- Phishing
- Physical Social Engineering
- Pivot
- Plaintext
- Policy Monitoring
- Polymorphism
- Port Scanner
- Protocol Analyzer
- Proxy Server
R
- Radio Jamming & Interference
- Rainbow Table Attacks
- Random Topology (Botnets)
- Randomize Algorithm
- Ransomware
- RC4 Encryption Standard
- Recursive Algorithm
- Remote Code Execution (RCE)
- Replay Attack
- RFID (Radio-frequency identification)
- RFID Antenna
- RFID Reader (Interrogator)
- RFID Tag
- Rogue Access Point
- Rootkit
S
- Second Level Domain
- Secure Multi-Party Computation
- Security Logging
- Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
- Session Riding
- Shouldersurfing
- Smurf Attack
- Snarfing
- SPAM
- Spearphishing
- SPIM
- Spoofing
- Spyware
- SQL Injections
- SSH (Secure Shell)
- SSID (Service Set Identifier)
- Star Topology (Botnets)
- Stream Cipher
- Symmetric Encryption
T
- Tailgating
- The CIA Triad
- Time To Live (TTL)
- Timeliness
- TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)
- Top Level Domain (TLD Nameserver)
- Top Level Domain (TLD)
- Transponder
- Trojan Horse
- Typosquatting
U
- Unikernel
V
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Virus
- Vishing
- Vulnerability Scanner
W
- War Driving (Access Point Mapping)
- Watering Hole Attack
- WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
- Whaling
- White Box
- Whitelist Monitoring
- Worm
- WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
- WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
Z
- Zero-Day Vulnerability

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