Cybersecurity Terminology

ResourcesTerms & Definitions

wardriving
- attackers searching for wireless networks with vulnerabilities while moving around an area in a moving vehicle
Wargaming
- an interactive technique that immerses potential cyber incident responders in a simulated cyber scenario
weakness
- A shortcoming or imperfection in software code, design, architecture, or deployment that, under proper conditions, could become a vulnerability or contribute to the introduction of vulnerabilities.
Weaponization
- an attacker creates malware or malicious payloads to use against the target by designing new forms of malware. Modifying existing programs to better match the vulnerabilities they're trying to exploit
Weaponize
- to develop an exploit against a vulnerability into an attack tool that can be deployed against a target
white team
- A group responsible for refereeing an engagement between a Red Team of mock attackers and a Blue Team of actual defenders of information systems.
whitebox
- a form of testing that is performed with knowledge of a target system's internals
work factor
- An estimate of the effort or time needed by a potential adversary, with specified expertise and resources, to overcome a protective measure.
worm
- A self-replicating, self-propagating, self-contained program that uses networking mechanisms to spread itself.
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