Cyber Attack terms to know

• Threat = Potential Danger
• Threat Actor = Adversaries with malicious intent
• Vulnerability = A weakness in a system, process or person.
• Exploit = Succesfully taking advantage of a vulnerability.
• Target Attack = Threat actor chooses a target for specific objective
• Opportunistic Attack = Threat actor takes advantage of a vulnerable target.
• Incident = Event that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and or availability (CIA).
• Breach = Incident that results in the disclosure of information.

See also

• Security: Security portfolio, Security standards, Hardening, CVE, CWE, Wireless Network Hacking, vulnerability scanner, Security risk assessment, SCA, Application Security Testing, OWASP, Data leak, NIST, SANS, MITRE, Security policy, Access Control attacks, password policy, password cracking, Password manager, MFA, OTP, UTF, Firewall, DoS, Software bugs, MITM, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Contents, Security+ Malware, FIPS, DLP, Network Access Control (NAC), VAPT, SIEM, EDR, SOC, pentest, PTaaS, Clickjacking, MobSF, Janus vulnerability, Back Orifice, Backdoor, CSO, CSPM, PoLP, forensic, encryption, Keylogger, Pwn2Own, CISO, Prototype pollution