Cybersecurity Terms and Concepts

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Snooping

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Attempting to secretively discover private information about a person, company, or other entity.

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Wiretapping

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A form of eavesdropping that uses programs such as packet sniffers to capture data being transmitted over a network.

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Social Engineering

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The use of deception to gain personal and/or private information for unlawful purposes.

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Reconnaissance

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The passive gathering of information about a potential victim.

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Pretexting

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Tricking a victim into revealing sensitive information under false pretenses.

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Email Attack

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Exploiting a victim using email messages.

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Browser Attack

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Convincing a victim that they are performing a legitimate task within their web browser window when, in fact, they are being tricked into revealing sensitive information or installing malware on their computer.

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Man-in-the-Middle Attack

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An attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other.

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Replay Attack

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An attempt to connect to a server by capturing and resending authentication information.

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Impersonation

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TCP session hacking and other methods where an attacker takes over the communication to a server by appearing to be the victim.