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CyberSecurity, Explained

Cybersecurity should be easy to understand and accessible to everyone. That's why we created this dictionary highlighting the terms you need to know, in plain English.

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Block Page Cookie Download Extension Hijacking Spyware

A

Account Takeover

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

Adware

Anonymizing proxy

Antispyware

Antivirus

Authentication

Autorun worm

B

Backdoor Trojan

Blacklist

Block Page

Bluetooth

Boot Sector Malware

Botnet

Browser

Browser Hijacker

Browser Protection

Browsing Activity

Brute Force Attack

Bug

C

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

Catfishing

Clickbait / Clickjacking

Cloud

Command and Control Center

Compromised

Cracking

Credential Theft

Cybersecurity

D

DDoS

DNs Hijacking

Dark Web

Data Breach

Data Theft

Database

Denial-of-service attack

Different types of hackers

Domain

Download

Drive-by downloads

E

Easter Egg

Encryption

Exploit

Extension

F

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

Fingerprint

Firewall

G

GDPR General Data Protection Regulation

Gateway Security

Ghosting Scams

Guardio

H

HTTPS

Hashing

Hoax

Honeypot

I

IP Address

IPsec

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

Identity Theft

Incident Handling

Infostealers

Internet Worm

J

JBOH attack

Juice Jacking

K

Kaptoxa

Klez

Knowledge-Based Authentication

Kraken

L

Lawful Interception

Link Jacking

Live Capture

Logic Bomb

M

Malicious Code

Malicious Links

Malvertising

Malware

Man-In-The-Middle Attack

Masquerade Attack

Mobile Phone Malware

N

National Computer Security Center (NCSC)

National Security Agency (NSA)

Network

Network Sniffing

Network Vulnerability Scanning

Nimda

O

Online Scams

Open Source Code

Open Source Hardening Project

Operating System

Over-the-air attack

P

Packet

Parasitic Viruses

Patch

Payment Card Skimmer

Pharming

Phishing

Pig Butchering Scams

Pop up blocker

Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA)

Pretexting

Push Notifications (web

Q

Quarantining

R

Ransomware

Remote Access Scams

Restore

Reverse Engineering

Rootkit

S

SQL Injection?

SSL Certificate

Scareware

Search Hijacking

Smishing

Social Engineering

Social Networking

Software

Spam: What is it and How is it Harmful?

Spoofing

Spyware

T

Tech Support Scam

Threat

Trojan

U

URL (Uniform resource locator)

URL or Web Content Filtering

Unauthorized access

V

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Virus

Vishing

VoIP

W

WiFi

Wiretapping

Worm

X

XSS

Xafecopy

Y

Yahoo Search Virus

YubiKey

Z

Zero-day attack

Zero-day vulnerability

Zeus Game Over

Zip Bomb

Zombie Computer