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6:16

cloud computing (noun)

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2021/03/23

On-demand pay-as-you-go Internet delivered compute, storage, infrastructure, and security services that are partially managed by the cloud provider and partially managed by the customer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:52

APT (noun)

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2021/03/16

An acronym for Advanced Persistent Threat to describe hacker groups or campaigns normally, but not always, associated with nation state cyber espionage and continuous low-level cyber conflict operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:54

backdoor (noun)

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2021/03/09

An undocumented or publicly unknown method to access a computer system undetected or to break a cypher used to encode messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:30

watering hole attack (noun)

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2021/03/02

From the intrusion kill chain model, a technique where the hacker compromises sites commonly visited by members of a targeted community in order to deliver a malicious payload to the intended victim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:18

network telescope (noun)

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2021/02/23

Network observation systems designed to monitor globally unreachable but unused Internet address space or the Deep Web in order to study a wide range of interesting Internet phenomena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:21

SOC Triad (noun)

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2021/02/16

A best practice for framing cyber intelligence critical information requirements that recommends collecting and consolidating data from three specific sources: endpoint, network and log. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:28

supply chain attacks (noun)

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2021/02/09

Also known as a third-party attack or a value-chain attack, advisory groups gain access to a targeted victims network by first infiltrating a business partner's network that has access to the victim's systems or data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4:20

taint analysis (noun)

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2021/02/02

The process of software engineers checking the flow of user input in application code to determine if unanticipated input can affect program execution in malicious ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4:57

ATM skimming (noun)

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2021/01/26

The process of stealing ATM customer credentials by means of physically and covertly installing one or more devices onto a public ATM machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:29

APT side hustle (noun)

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2021/01/19

A nation-state hacking group’s practice of funding its town activities through cybercrime or cyber mercenary work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:05

endpoint (noun)

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2021/01/12

A device connected to a network that accepts communications from other endpoints like laptops, mobile devices, IoT equipment, routers, switches, and any tool on the security stack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:56

unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) (noun)

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2021/01/05

An extension of the traditional Basic Input/Output System or BIOS that, during the boot process, facilitates the communication between the computer’s firmware and the computer’s operating system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4:49

Daemon (noun)

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2020/12/29

An operating system program running in the background designed to perform a specific task when certain conditions or events occur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:18

greyware (noun)

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2020/12/22

Also known as spyware and adware, it is a software category where developers design the application neither to cause explicit harm nor to accomplish some conventional legitimate purpose, but when run, usually annoys the user and often performs actions that the developer did not disclose, and that the user regards as undesirable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:15

fuzzing (noun)

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2020/12/15

An automatic software bug and vulnerability discovery technique that inputs invalid, unexpected and/or random data or fuzz into a program and then monitors the program's reaction to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:15

Unix (noun)

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2020/12/08

A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original Unix system built by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:34

deep packet inspection (DPI) (noun)

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2020/12/01

A network monitoring and filtering technique that examines both the header information and the payload of every packet traversing a network access point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:57

rootkit (noun)

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2020/11/24

A clandestine set of applications designed to give hackers access and control over a target device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:43

tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) (noun)

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2020/11/17

A set of behaviors that precisely describes a cyber adversary attack campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:02

cyber threat intelligence (CTI) (noun)

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2020/11/10

Information used by leadership to make decisions regarding the cybersecurity posture of their organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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