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6:47

MFA prompt bombing (noun)

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2026/01/13

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mfa-prompt-bombing⁠ Audio reference link: movieclips. “⁠Sneakers (2/9) Movie Clip - Defeating the Keypad (1992) HD.⁠” YouTube, YouTube, 29 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5vsPJ5Tos. Learn more

6:29

Apple Lockdown Mode (noun)

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2026/01/06

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. An optional security mode for macOS and iOS that reduces the attack surface of the operating system by disabling certain commonly attacked features. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/apple-lockdown-mode⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠How NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée’s Phone⁠,” FRONTLINE, YouTube, 18 July 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8:05

Simulated Phishing (noun)

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2025/12/30

While our team is out on winter break, please enjoy this episode of Word Notes.A security awareness training technique in which authorized, but fake phishing emails are sent to employees in order to measure and improve their resistance to real phishing attacks. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/simulated-phishing⁠ Audio reference link: ⁠“Blackhat (2014) - Hacking the NSA Scene (4/10) | Movieclips.”⁠ YouTube, YouTube, 19 Apr. 2017. Learn more about your ad choices

6:59

Sideloading (noun)

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2025/12/23

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. The process of installing applications on a device without the use of official software distribution channels. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/sideloading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:19

Microsegmentation (noun)

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2025/12/16

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A zero trust security technique that isolates application workloads from each other, allowing each one to be protected individually. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/microsegmentation⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Micro-Segmentation Masterpieces⁠,” PJ Kirner, Illumio CTO and Co-Founder, Tech Field Day, YouTube, 13 December 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:08

Homograph phishing (noun)

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2025/12/09

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. The use of similar-looking characters in a phishing URL to spoof a legitimate site. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/homograph-phishing⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Mission Impossible III 2006 Masking 01⁠,” uploaded by DISGUISE MASK, 28 July 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8:10

Anti-cheat software (noun)

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2025/12/02

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Software designed to prevent cheating in video games. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/anti-cheat-software⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠The BIG Problem with Anti-Cheat⁠,” by Techquickie, YouTube, 5 June 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:27

Pseudoransomware (noun)

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2025/11/25

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Malware, in the guise of ransomware, that destroys data rather than encrypts. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pseudoransomware⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn | the Dark Knight⁠,” by YouTube, 2 November 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:38

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (noun)

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2025/11/18

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A browser configuration control that prevents accessing resources within a private network. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/trusted-platform-module⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠TPM (Trusted Platform Module) - Computerphile⁠,” Computerphile, 23 July 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5:36

Private Network Access (PNA) (noun)

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2025/11/11

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A browser configuration control that prevents accessing resources within a private network. CyberWire Glossary ⁠link⁠. Audio reference link: “⁠Chrome Limits Access to Private Networks⁠,” by Daniel Lowrie, ITProTV, YouTube, 19 January 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:00

Web 3.0 (noun)

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2025/11/04

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. The potential next evolution of the worldwide web that decentralizes interaction between users and content away from the big silicon valley social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, and towards peer-to-peer interaction using blockchain as the underlying technology. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/web-30⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠What Elon Musk Just Said about Metaverse, Web3 and Neuralink⁠,” By Clayton Morris,

11:55

Identity access management (IAM) (noun)

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2025/10/28

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A set of solutions for ensuring that the right users can only access the appropriate resources. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-and-access-management⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠The Wrath of Khan (1982) ‘Kirk’s Response⁠,’” by Russell, YouTube, 16 May 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6:23

Policy Orchestration (noun)

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2025/10/21

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. The deployment of rules to the security stack across all data islands, cloud, SaaS applications, data centers, and mobile devices designed to manifest an organization's cybersecurity first principle strategies of zero trust, intrusion kill chain prevention, resilience, and risk forecasting. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/policy-orchestration⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠The Value of Using Security Policy Orchestration and

5:36

Abstraction layer (noun)

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2025/10/14

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A process of hiding the complexity of a system by providing an interface that eases its manipulation. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/abstraction-layer⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠What Is Abstraction in Computer Science,⁠” by Codexpanse, YouTube, 29 October 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:46

Identity Fabric (noun)

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2025/10/07

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A set of services for managing identity and access management, or IAM across all of an organization's data islands. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-fabric⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Leadership Compass Identity Fabrics - Analyst Chat 126⁠,” by KuppingerCole, YouTube, 30 May 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:46

Intrusion Kill Chain (noun)

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2025/09/30

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A cybersecurity first principle strategy focused on disrupting known adversary activity at one of several phases of an attack sequence. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/intrusion-kill-chain⁠ Audio reference link: "⁠Cybersecurity Days: A Network Defender's Future⁠," by Rick Howard, Integrated Cyber Conference, Integrated Adaptive Cyber Defense (IACD), YouTube, 26 October 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

6:16

Identity Orchestration (noun)

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2025/09/23

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes.A subset of security orchestration, the management of identities across an organization's set of digital islands. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/identity-orchestration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:47

Diamond Model (noun)

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2025/09/16

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A cyber threat intelligence analysis model that defines relationship pairs between four core components in the shape of a diamond of adversary playbook activity across the intrusion kill chain: the adversary, their capability, the infrastructure used or attacked, and the victim. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/diamond-model ⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Diamond Presentation v2 0: Diamond Model for Intrusion Analysis – Applied to

7:43

MITRE ATT&CK (noun)

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2025/09/09

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A knowledge base of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures established and maintained by the MITRE Corporation. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mitre-attck⁠ Audio reference link: “⁠Attack Frameworks - SY0-601 CompTIA Security+ : 4.2⁠,” Professor Messer, YouTube, 29 April 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7:30

DevOps (noun)

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2025/09/02

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. The set of people, process, technology, and cultural norms that integrates software development and IT operations into a system-of-systems. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/devops⁠ Audio reference link: "⁠10+ Deploys Per Day: Dev and Ops Cooperation at Flickr⁠," by John Allspaw and Paul Hammond, Velocity 09, 25 July 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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