Cyberattack Glossary

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What are RCE Attacks and Vulnerabilities? See attack examples, history of attacks, and effective methods to protect enterprise organizations.

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A brute force attack is a trial-and-error attack method to guess a password, encryption key, or hidden webpage. See brute force attack examples.

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Learn how to detect C2 beaconing. C2 beaconing is a method of command and control communication between malware-infected hosts (like those that make up botnets) and the controlling server.

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Learn about cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and the top three ways to prevent an attack. See risk factors and examples.

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Cryptomining malware, or 'cryptojacking,' is a malware attack that co-opts the target's computing resources in order to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

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A DCSync attack uses commands in MS-DRSR to pretend to be a domain controller (DC) in order to get user credentials. Learn more and see examples of attacks.

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DNS tunneling routes DNS requests to the attacker's server, providing attackers a covert command and control channel. Learn more and see DNS tunneling examples.

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Denial of service (DoS) & distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks overload a machine or network to make it unavailable. Learn how to respond to an attack.

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HTTP request smuggling attack takes advantage of inconsistencies in how servers process requests from multiple senders. Learn more and see examples.

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What is Malware Obfuscation? See techniques, history of attacks, and effective detection methods.

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Port scanning attackers scope out their target environment by sending packets to specific ports on a host and using the responses to find vulnerabilities.

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Ransomware is a type of malicious software which encrypts files, making them inaccessible until a ransom is paid. Learn more and see examples.

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Attacks like RDP exploitation hijack remote access tools to access a network's internal systems. Learn more and see examples.

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By injecting an SQL command into a data entry field, attackers communicate directly with your database. Learn more and see examples such as RDP exploitation.

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What is a supply chain attack? Types of supply chain attacks, history of attacks, and effective methods to protect enterprise organizations.