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An acronym for Advanced Persistent Threat to describe hacker groups or campaigns normally, but not always, associated with nation state cyber espionage and continuous low-level cyber conflict operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An undocumented or publicly unknown method to access a computer system undetected or to break a cypher used to encode messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the intrusion kill chain model, a technique where the hacker compromises sites commonly visited by members of a targeted community in order to deliver a malicious payload to the intended victim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Network observation systems designed to monitor globally unreachable but unused Internet address space or the Deep Web in order to study a wide range of interesting Internet phenomena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A best practice for framing cyber intelligence critical information requirements that recommends collecting and consolidating data from three specific sources: endpoint, network and log. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Also known as a third-party attack or a value-chain attack, advisory groups gain access to a targeted victims network by first infiltrating a business partner's network that has access to the victim's systems or data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The process of software engineers checking the flow of user input in application code to determine if unanticipated input can affect program execution in malicious ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The process of stealing ATM customer credentials by means of physically and covertly installing one or more devices onto a public ATM machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A nation-state hacking group’s practice of funding its town activities through cybercrime or cyber mercenary work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A device connected to a network that accepts communications from other endpoints like laptops, mobile devices, IoT equipment, routers, switches, and any tool on the security stack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices