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Glossary of Cybersecurity Terms

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A
Acutenix Vulnerability Scanner
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
AI Security
AI Security Attacks
Aircrack-ng
ALPHV
Angry IP Scanner
Anonymous Hackers
Application Security Testing
Application-Level Denial-of-Service (DoS)
APT1
APT12
APT16
APT17
APT18
APT19
APT28
APT29
APT32
APT33
APT38
APT41
Asymmetric Cryptography
Attack Surface Analysis
Autonomous System
B
BlackOasis
BlackTech
Blue Teams
Bounty Brief
British Standard 7799 (BS 7799)
Broken Access Control (BAC)
Buffer Overflow Attack
Bug Bounty Program (BBP)
Burp Vulnerability Scanner
C
Canonicalization Attack
Carbanak
CEH Certification
Certificate-based Authentication
Chaos Computer Club (CCC)
CIS Controls Framework (Center for Internet Security)
Clickjacking
Code Injection
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Cozy Bear
CREST Certification
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Crowdcontrol
Crowdsourced Penetration Testing
Crowdsourced Security
Crowdsourced Security (CSS)
Cryptographic Algorithm
CSA – Cloud Security Alliance
Cult of the Dead Cow
Cybersecurity Engineer
Cybersecurity Risk Management
D
DarkHotel
Denial of Service
Digital Signatures
Directory Traversal Attack
Dynamic Link Library (DLL)
E
Email Spoofing
Equation Group
Ethical Hackers
Ettercap
Exponential Backoff Algorithm
F
Fancy Bear (APT28)
FIN5
FIN7
Frontline Vulnerability Manager (Frontline VM)
G
GFI LanGuard Network Scanner
GIAC Certification
Gray Hat Hackers
H
Hack the Pentagon
Hacker
Hacker Community
Hacktivism
HTTP Request Smuggling
I
Input Validation Attacks
Internet of Things (IoT)
Intruder Vulnerability Scanner
IP Spoofing
ISO 27001
J
John The Ripper
K
Kali Linux
KillNet
Kimsuky
L
L0pht
Lapsus$
Lazarus Group
Lizard Squad
Local File Inclusion (LFI)
LulzSec Hacker Group
M
Maltego
Metasploit Framework
Molerats
MuddyWater
Mustang Panda
N
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Netsparker
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Nexpose Vulnerability Scanner
Night Dragon Operation
NIKTO Web Scanner
NIST 800-53
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Nmap Vulnerability Scanner (“Network Mapper”)
O
Offensive Security
OilRig
Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
OpenVAS
OSCP Certification
P
Payment Card Skimmers (Shimmers)
Payout
PCI Compliance
PCI DSS
Penetration Test or Pen Test
Penetration Testing
PHP Injection
Phreakers
Ping of Death (PoD)
Points
Port Knocking
Private Program
Public Key Encryption
Public Key Infrastructure
Public Program
Public-Key Cryptography
Purple Teaming
Q
Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)
Qualys Vulnerability Scanner
R
Red Teams
RedHack
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Replay Attack
Researcher Portal
Return on Security Investment (ROSI)
Rewards
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
S
SaaS crowdsourced security
SAINT Security Scanner
Sandworm
SASE (Secure Access Services Edge)
Scope
Script Kiddies
Secure SDLC
Secure Software Development
Security Researcher
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Session Hijacking
Shadow Brokers
ShinyHunters
SOC 2
SQL Injection: SQLi
SQLMAP
Subdomain Takeover
Submission
Symmetric Encryption Algorithms
Syrian Electronic Army
T
Target
TeaMp0isoN
The Crowd
Triage
Tripwire IP360
Turla Group
U
UGNazi
UI Redress Attack
UNC1151
V
Valid
Vulnerability
Vulnerability Assessment Tools
Vulnerability Disclosure
Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)
Vulnerability Priority
Vulnerability Report
W
White Hat Hacker
Wireshark
WIRTE
Wizard Spider
WPScan Security Scanner
X
XML External Entity Injection (XXE)
Y
Ysoserial
Z
Zero Day Attack
Zero Trust

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