Ad Fraud Techniques
Ad fraud techniques aim to fool advertisers into thinking that an ad unit has been viewed or interacted with when it hasn't been seen or clicked on at all.
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Impossible CAPTCHA
Impossible CAPTCHAs introduce a level of randomness into the generation process, making it impossible for a computer program to solve them.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is a term used in the field of information technology. In particular it has been coined to describe a strategy for backing up and protecting data, which specifies how much data loss an organization c...
Types of Hackers
There are many titles that can be given to hackers, but there are three basic types of hackers: White Hats, Grey Hats, Black Hats. However, these terms are only accurate in the context of how the hacker is using their hacking skills.
OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project)
OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project) is a nonprofit group dedicated to web application security. They provide free tools and projects to help developers find possible threats in their software so they can patch securi...
Cashing Out
One of the most popular methods used by cybercriminals for monetizing their malware is cash out. Cybercriminals have been using this technique since 2012 to get money from stolen payment cards.
Security Information And Event Management (SIEM)
Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) technology helps organizations detect, prioritize and respond to an endless number of security threats in real-time.
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) is a way to measure the vulnerability posture of your organization's data in the cloud. This method allows you to determine what sensitive information is at risk and how vulnerable it may b...
Token Cracking
Token cracking is a term used in cybersecurity to describe the cracking of authentication or identification tokens, which are cryptographic keys that are generated by online services. Tokens are often sent to users via text messag...
Footprinting
Footprinting is a way to gather information about locations of interest, targets of interest, specific technologies used by an organization. It can also be described as the basic detective work of finding out about an organization...
Credential Cracking
Credential cracking, also known as password cracking, is the process of attempting to gain access to an online account by using credentials that have been compromised or stolen from other accounts. This often entails obtaining use...
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a term used to describe certain cyberattacks of a particularly persistent nature, where attackers are extremely difficult to eliminate. All the victims in these APT attack scenarios were previou...
Insider Threat
An insider threat is a malicious act by an employee, business associate, contractor or another person with access to an organization's sensitive information.
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a type of injection, in which malicious scripts are injected into otherwise benign and trusted websites. XSS attacks occur when an attacker uses a web application to send malicious code, generally in ...
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is information that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person. The following are examples of PII...
Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an extra layer of security to help protect your accounts from hackers and cybercriminals. It requires you to authenticate yourself using two different factors: something you know, such as a passw...
Bot Impressions
Bot impressions are bots that flood websites with views, which often generate revenue. These bots are not just there to overrun the website, they also steal revenue from advertisers and publishers while doing so.
Ticket Scalping
Ticket scalping is the act of buying tickets in an automated manner, using bots (scalper bots) to later resell them for an increased price. Ticket scalping is often considered an unfair practice by many people because this automat...
Business Logic Attack
A business logic attack is an exploit of the way a website's application interprets information from users. This can result in different kinds of negative consequences for affected websites and their users, such as data loss or ga...
Web Scraping
Web scraping (or web harvesting or screen scraping) is the process of automatically extracting data from an online service website. This data can be stored in a structured format for further use.
Sneaker Bot
A sneaker bot is a software application that automatically buys items on an auction website. The bots are capable of buying many items at the same time, which allows them to obtain all the desired products before anyone else can.
Automated Traffic
Automated traffic can be defined as "traffic generated by non-human means". This can be in the form of an automated script, software or algorithm.
Account Scraping
Account scraping is when someone uses software or API's to collect user data from your website. This is illegal in many cases, but difficult to prove and fight against.
Spam bot
A spam bot (or "spambot") is a program that runs automated tasks over the internet in order to send out spam emails. Sending spam emails overloads servers...
Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a protocol that provides communications security over a computer network. TLS is the successor of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
Formjacking
The term "formjacking" describes the fraudulent use of a company's existing online forms to gain access to personal information, credit card numbers or even hacking a website.
Firmware Attack
A firmware attack is any malicious code that enters your device by using a backdoor in the processor's software. Backdoors are paths in the code...
Bot Account
A bot account, also known as a fake account, is an account that has been automatically generated in order to deliver a message or publish information automatically. It can be used for marketing or political purposes.These accounts...
Ad Injection
Ad injection is a technique that websites use to generate money from online ads. This makes it more difficult for you to browse without being constantly bombarded.
Email Scraping
Email scraping is a method of obtaining email information by automatically extracting the necessary data from another source.