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How does intrusion prevention differ from intrusion detection?
Prevention differs from detection because a prevention control interrupts a suspicious session while a …
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WikiWhat are chargebacks?
A chargeback is a card reversal in which the cardholder disputes a posted payment and the merchant may lose …
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WikiWhat are cookies?
A cookie is a small text record that a website stores in the browser so the site can remember a later visit …
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WikiWhat are email filters?
Email filters are rules that inspect incoming messages and then deliver, quarantine, or reject them before a …
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WikiWhat are email scams?
Email scams are deceptive messages that push a recipient to pay money, open a trap, or reveal a secret such …
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WikiWhat are expediting bots?
Expediting bots are automated client programs that race through purchase steps at a speed and volume people …
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WikiWhat are false posts?
False posts are fabricated social updates that look like genuine news, reviews, or personal claims and spread …
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WikiWhat are fraud risk detection mechanisms during live activity?
Fraud risk detection mechanisms are the signals and checks that notice suspicious activity while a …
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WikiWhat are grinch bots during limited holiday sales?
Grinch bots are scripts that rush limited holiday stock, buy it automatically, and leave ordinary shoppers …
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WikiWhat are impersonation attacks?
An impersonation attack is a scheme in which someone pretends to be a trusted person, brand, or office to …
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WikiWhat are indicators of compromise during an intrusion investigation?
Indicators of compromise are observable traces, such as a file hash or a suspicious domain, that suggest a …
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WikiWhat are man in the middle attacks?
A man in the middle attack places an intruder on the path between two parties so the intruder can read or …
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WikiWhat are parental controls?
Parental controls are settings and tools that let a caregiver limit what a child can open, buy, or do on a …
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WikiWhat are Private Access Tokens?
Private Access Tokens let a device vendor vouch that a client is a real device without telling the website …
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WikiWhat are push fatigue and backup codes in two factor authentication?
Push fatigue and backup codes are practical weak points of two factor authentication when people approve …
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WikiWhat are scalper bots?
Scalper bots are retail programs that race to buy limited stock the moment a sale or a product drop opens for …
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WikiWhat are synthetic accounts?
Synthetic accounts are fictitious customers assembled from mixed real and invented data so they look …
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WikiWhat are the trust limits of a commercial VPN service?
A commercial VPN service carries your traffic through a provider you must trust, and that provider can still …
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WikiWhat are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are technical instructions for making web pages usable by people …
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WikiWhat are ticket bots?
Ticket bots are scripts that rush a venue checkout to buy scarce seats before ordinary customers can finish …
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