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
Service Set Identifier (SSID) (noun)
The name of a wireless access point.
CyberWire Glossary link.
Audio reference link: SSID Management - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 1.5, Professor Messer, uploaded August 3rd, 2014.
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00:05:42 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (noun)
A U.S. Government specification for data encryption using an asymmetric key algorithm.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/advanced-encryption-standard
Audio reference link: pa…
00:08:37 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
Data Loss Protection (DLP) (noun)
A set of tools designed to safeguard data while in use in motion and at rest.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/data-loss-prevention
Audio reference link: HistoryHeard. “Dat…
00:07:06 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Domain Naming System (DNS) (noun)
A system that translates text-based URLs to their underlying numerical IP addresses.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-name-system-dns
Audio reference link: HistoryHea…
00:09:31 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Pretexting (noun)
A social engineering technique in which a threat actor poses as a trusted person or entity in order to trick the victim into disclosing information or performing an action that benefits the attacker.…
00:06:07 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Web Application Firewall (noun)
A layer seven firewall designed to block threats at the application layer of the open system interconnection model, the OSI model.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/web-appl…
00:08:59 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
COBIT (noun)
An IT governance framework developed by ISACA.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/cobit
Audio reference link: isacappc. “How Do You Explain Cobit to Your Dad – or Your CEO?” …
00:07:06 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
Security Service Edge (SSE) (noun)
A security architecture that incorporates the cloud shared responsibility model, a vendor provided security stack, and network peering with one or more of the big content providers and their associat…
00:08:17 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Domain spoofing (noun)
A social engineering tactic in which hackers build a malicious domain to mimic a legitimate one.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-spoofing
Audio reference link: “Miss…
00:07:55 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Secure Web Gateway (noun)
A layer seven firewall that sits in line at the boundary between the internet and an organization's network perimeter that allows security policy enforcement and can perform certain prevention and de…
00:09:22 |
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Indicators of Compromise (noun)
Digital evidence that a system or network has been breached.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/indicator-of-compromise
Audio reference link: ”Suicide or Murder? | The Blind …
00:06:59 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
Intrusion Detection System (noun)
A system that monitors for malicious or unwanted activity, and either raises alerts when such activity is detected or blocks the traffic from passing to the target.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://t…
00:07:47 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
MFA prompt bombing (noun)
Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop.
Cybe…
00:06:47 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Apple Lockdown Mode (noun)
An optional security mode for macOS and iOS that reduces the attack surface of the operating system by disabling certain commonly attacked features.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com…
00:06:29 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Simulated Phishing (noun)
A security awareness training technique in which authorized, but fake phishing emails are sent to employees in order to measure and improve their resistance to real phishing attacks.
CyberWire Gloss…
00:08:05 |
Tue 06 Sep 2022
Sideloading (noun)
The process of installing applications on a device without the use of official software distribution channels.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/sideloading
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00:06:59 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Microsegmentation (noun)
A zero trust security technique that isolates application workloads from each other, allowing each one to be protected individually.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/microse…
00:06:19 |
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Homograph phishing (noun)
The use of similar-looking characters in a phishing URL to spoof a legitimate site.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/homograph-phishing
Audio reference link: “Mission Imposs…
00:06:08 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
Anti-cheat software (noun)
Software designed to prevent cheating in video games.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/anti-cheat-software
Audio reference link: “The BIG Problem with Anti-Cheat,” by Techq…
00:08:10 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Pseudoransomware (noun)
Malware, in the guise of ransomware, that destroys data rather than encrypts.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pseudoransomware
Audio reference link: “Some Men Just Want to …
00:07:27 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
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