Word Notes

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  • cold boot attack (noun)

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    A type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a computer’s Random Access Memory or RAM during the reboot process in order to steal sensitive data. 

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    7 min
  • Encore: cloud computing (noun)

    On-demand pay-as-you-go Internet delivered compute, storage, infrastructure, and security services that are partially managed by the cloud provider and partially managed by the customer.

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    7 min
  • Encore: APT (noun)

    An acronym for Advanced Persistent Threat to describe hacker groups or campaigns normally, but not always, associated with nation state cyber espionage and continuous low-level cyber conflict operations.

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    7 min
  • Encore: backdoor (noun)

    An undocumented or publicly unknown method to access a computer system undetected or to break a cypher used to encode messages.

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    6 min
  • Encore: watering hole attack (noun)

    From the intrusion kill chain model, a technique where the hacker compromises sites commonly visited by members of a targeted community in order to deliver a malicious payload to the intended victim.

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    6 min
  • Encore: network telescope (noun)

    Network observation systems designed to monitor globally unreachable but unused Internet address space or the Deep Web in order to study a wide range of interesting Internet phenomena.

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    6 min
  • Encore: SOC Triad (noun)

    A best practice for framing cyber intelligence critical information requirements that recommends collecting and consolidating data from three specific sources: endpoint, network and log.

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    6 min
  • Encore: supply chain attacks (noun)

    Also known as a third-party attack or a value-chain attack, advisory groups gain access to a targeted victims network by first infiltrating a business partner's network that has access to the victim's systems or data.

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    6 min
  • Encore: taint analysis (noun)

    The process of software engineers checking the flow of user input in application code to determine if unanticipated input can affect program execution in malicious ways.

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    5 min

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