Terms often used in discussions of cyber security, briefly defined. Your corrections, suggestions, and recommendations for additional entries are welcome: email the editor at editor@thecyberwire.com.

A phishing attack that uses a malicious QR code instead of a link or an attachment. "QR code phishing" on the Word Notes podcast.

A layer 7 firewall designed to block threats at the application layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model. "web application firewall" on the Word Notes podcast.

Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligence-related artifacts. Previous chapters have included seven years ...

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Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligence-related artifacts. Previous chapters have included seven years ...

Dave Bittner is a security podcast host and one of the founders at CyberWire. He's a creator, producer, videographer, actor, experimenter, and entrepreneur. He's had a long career in the worlds of ...

An approach to detecting mallware in which a unique identifier, normally a specific string of code or the hash of known malicious code, is established as associated with some piece of malware. When ...

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A broad OWASP Top 10 software development category representing missing, ineffective, or unforeseen security measures. One of OWASP's top-ten categories of application security risk. "OWASP insecure ...

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