Word Notes
A fun and informative cybersecurity audio glossary from N2K.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 272
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (noun)
Tools that automate the identification and remediation of cloud misconfigurations.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/cloud-security-posture-management
Audio reference link: …
00:07:18 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Encore: The Bombe (noun)
An electro-mechanical device used to break Enigma-enciphered messages about enemy military operations during the Second World War. The first bombe–named Victory and designed by Alan Turning and Gordo…
00:04:15 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
single sign-on (SSO) (noun)
A session and user authentication Zero Trust tactic that allows a user to access multiple applications with one set of login credentials.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/si…
00:08:20 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Encore: cross-site scripting (noun)
From the intrusion kill chain model, a malicious code delivery technique that allows hackers to send code of their choosing to their victim’s browser. XSS takes advantage of the fact that roughly 90%…
00:03:46 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Encore: credential stealing (verb)
From the intrusion kill chain model, the first part of an exploitation technique where the hacker tricks their victims into revealing their login credentials. In the second part of the technique, hac…
00:03:49 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
two-factor authentication (noun)
An authentication process that requires two different factors before granting access.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/two-factor-authentication
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00:09:07 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Encore: phishing (verb)
From the intrusion kill chain model, the delivery of a “lure” to a potential victim by pretending to be some trustworthy person or organization in order to trick the victim into revealing sensitive i…
00:04:17 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
iCloud keychain (noun)
A cloud based sensitive information management system that allows users access across multiple devices.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/icloud-keychain
Audio reference link…
00:06:28 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Encore: darknet (noun)
A subset of the internet where communications between two parties or client-server transactions are obscured from search engines and surveillance systems by layers of encryption. The U.S. Navy design…
00:04:47 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Encore: rogue access point (noun)
1. A wireless access point installed by employees in an office or data center environment as a convenience to connectivity without the consent or the knowledge of the network manager. 2. A wireless a…
00:04:07 |
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Encore: NMAP (noun)
A network mapping tool that pings IP addresses looking for a response and can discover host names, open communications ports, operating system names and versions. Written and maintained by Gordon Lyo…
00:03:53 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Encore: Diamond Model (noun)
A cyber threat intelligence analysis model that defines relationship pairs between four core components in the shape of a diamond of adversary playbook activity across the intrusion kill chain: the a…
00:07:47 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
spam (noun)
Unsolicited, unwanted, and sometimes malicious electronic messages indiscriminately transmitted to a large number of people.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/spam
Audio refe…
00:07:49 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
CISA (noun)
A US Department of Homeland Security agency tasked with supporting cyber and physical security for US critical infrastructure.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/cybersecurity…
00:07:28 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
dumpster diving (noun)
The act of searching through an organization's trash for discarded sensitive material.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/dumpster-diving
Audio reference link: “Better Call S…
00:07:08 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
SEO poisoning (noun)
The manipulation of search engine optimization, SEO, to promote malicious sites in search engine results.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/search-engine-optimization-poisoni…
00:06:19 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
catfish (noun)
The practice of crafting a fake online persona for malicious purposes.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/catfish
Audio reference link: netbunny, 2013. Catfish - The Movie - E…
00:07:03 |
Tue 30 May 2023
passkey (noun)
A passwordless authentication protocol based on the FIDO2 standard.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/passkey
Audio reference link: Summers, J., 2023. Google Passkeys Have Ar…
00:07:28 |
Tue 23 May 2023
QR code phishing (noun)
A type of phishing attack that uses QR codes as the lure.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/qr-code-phishing
Audio reference link: KNR, 2018. Batman The Dark Knight Joker bom…
00:07:59 |
Tue 16 May 2023
attribution (noun)
Definition one: The recognition of a set of repeatable attack patterns across the intrusion kill chain.
Definition two: Determining the responsibility for offensive cyber operations.
CyberWire Glossa…
00:09:24 |
Tue 09 May 2023
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