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Words: Attacker

Words: Attacker

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The title here is a little misleading. I’m not just referring to the word attacker; I’m going to talk about a lot of roughly synonymous terms that you’ll often find in cybersecurity reports: adversary, malicious user, hacker, and my favourite – malicious attacker. These words are designed to be sca...

14.07.22 03:39 PM - Comment(s)
Words: Timeboxed

Words: Timeboxed

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You’ll find this word on many penetration tests – it’s a very specific and important term.


Given all the time in the world, a penetration test can crack every password, find every known vulnerability, break past all your cybersecurity armour. But, running penetration testing tools takes time. And ...

12.07.22 03:33 PM - Comment(s)
Words: Exfiltration

Words: Exfiltration

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When I first started in cybersecurity this word seemed fairly opaque. To me, at least; everybody around me used this word frequently. But, not coming from this world--like many people who make decisions--this word needs explanation.


I first read this word as the opposite to infiltration. Infiltrat...

08.07.22 03:45 PM - Comment(s)
Words: Sanitising Input

Words: Sanitising Input

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Of all the terms in cybersecurity, I think this one is the most difficult to work out with no prior knowledge.


To sanitise. We’re familiar with the idea. To make clean. But what does that mean in a security context?


We’ve all seen form-fill boxes on Internet sites before. What we don’t usually see is ...

06.07.22 03:17 PM - Comment(s)