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What is a greylist during delivery of electronic mail?
A greylist is a temporary mail deferral that asks the sending server to retry later before the message is …
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WikiWhat is a hacker?
A hacker is a person who studies or manipulates computer systems, a label used both for criminal intruders …
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WikiWhat is a headless browser?
A headless browser is a browser engine that loads pages without showing a window, which makes it a common …
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WikiWhat is a honeypot field hidden on a web form?
A honeypot field is a hidden form input that people never see and that automated scripts often fill by …
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WikiWhat is a keylogger on a computer, phone, or shared desk?
A keylogger records what a person types so an attacker can later steal passwords, messages, and other …
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WikiWhat is a layer seven denial of service flood against an application?
Application layer floods exhaust a service by sending many expensive requests that look similar to ordinary …
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WikiWhat is a load balancer in front of a group of servers?
A load balancer distributes incoming requests across several servers so no single machine has to carry the …
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WikiWhat is a mobile proxy on a public carrier network?
A mobile proxy exits traffic through a mobile carrier address so the source looks like an ordinary phone on …
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WikiWhat is an account takeover rate?
Account takeover rate tracks how often existing accounts are successfully seized, using a denominator such as …
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WikiWhat is an advanced persistent threat?
An advanced persistent threat is a patient intrusion in which a well resourced intruder stays hidden for …
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WikiWhat is an allowlist or a whitelist?
An allowlist, long called a whitelist, permits only named subjects and denies everything else, and the newer …
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WikiWhat is an anti spam honeypot?
An anti spam honeypot is a decoy mailbox or form that ordinary people should not use, so traffic that touches …
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WikiWhat is an attack vector?
An attack vector names the route an adversary uses to reach a target, such as a stolen password, a harmful …
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WikiWhat is an audit trail?
An audit trail keeps a time ordered record of security relevant actions so reviewers can later see who did …
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WikiWhat is an encryption key?
An encryption key is a secret value that a cipher uses to lock readable data into ciphertext or to unlock …
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WikiWhat is a network intrusion detection system watching packets on the wire?
Network intrusion detection watches packets on the wire and alerts when traffic patterns suggest scanning …
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WikiWhat is an exploit?
An exploit is a concrete practical way of turning a known vulnerability into an effect the owner did not …
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WikiWhat is an exploit kit?
An exploit kit is a packaged set of ready made attacks aimed at visitors whose devices still run software …
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WikiWhat is an incident response plan?
An incident response plan is a written playbook that names roles, contacts, and first actions for the hours …
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WikiWhat is an inline network device sitting on a traffic path?
An inline network device sits in the traffic path and can inspect or act on packets as they pass through it …
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