CATEGORY: Cyber Attacks and Breaches
Cybersecurity Glossary

DDoS Attack

What Is a DDoS Attack?  A DDoS attack consists of multiple compromised systems attacking a target on your network, such as a server or your

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Cybersecurity Glossary

Cyber Attack

What Is a Cyber Attack?  A cyber attack is any attempt – successful or otherwise — by cybercriminals to access a cloud or computer network

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Cybersecurity Glossary

Brute-Force Attack

What Is a Brute-Force Attack? Brute-force is a hacking method that uses trial-and-error password guessing. It relies on software to automatically go through millions of

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Cybersecurity Glossary

Botnet

What Is a Botnet?  A botnet is a network of bot-compromised machines that can be controlled and used to launch massive attacks by a bot-herder.

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Cybersecurity Glossary

Advanced Persistent Threat

What Is an Advanced Persistent Threat?  An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a threat (that could transform into a full-scale attack) where a hacker has

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