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Zero-Day Exploit

Code or technique that abuses a flaw the vendor does not know about, with no patch yet — the attack happens before the flaw is disclosed and fixed.
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VLAN

Logical Layer 2 split of a network into separate broadcast domains, regardless of where devices physically sit; frames are tagged per IEEE 802.1Q, and traffic between VLANs needs Layer 3 routing.
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TTPs

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures — a description of how an attacker operates across three levels (goal, method, execution), used in MITRE ATT&CK, threat hunting, and attribution.
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Top Talkers

Hosts, applications, or conversations that generate the most network traffic; identified from flow data such as NetFlow, IPFIX, and sFlow.
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C2 / C&C (Command and Control)

Infrastructure allowing attackers to remotely command infected devices, steal data, and launch coordinated cyberattacks across networks.
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Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

A control layer between users and cloud services (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS) that gives insight into cloud usage, protects data and helps respond to threats.
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Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Tools that agentlessly and continuously check cloud configuration (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), catch setup errors and gaps against standards, and help fix them.
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CMDB

A repository storing IT configuration items (CIs) with their attributes and links; it supports impact analysis, change management and setting the order of patching.
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Collector (Kolektor)

Monitoring component that gathers, organizes, and stores telemetry (NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, syslog) from exporters; the middle link in the exporter-collector-analyzer chain.
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Command Injection

A vulnerability where an application passes user input to the system shell, letting an attacker run arbitrary operating system commands with the process's privileges (CWE-78).
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Content Security Policy (CSP)

A browser security mechanism set by an HTTP header that limits where a page can load scripts and other resources from, mainly to make XSS attacks harder.
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Credential Stuffing

Automated attack using stolen login credentials across multiple websites to gain unauthorized account access.
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

A web application vulnerability in which an attacker makes a logged-in user perform an action unknowingly, because the browser itself adds their session cookie to the request.
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Cryptojacking / Cryptomining

Unauthorized use of a device’s computing power to mine cryptocurrency, usually without the owner’s knowledge. It consumes resources, slowing performance and increasing energy use.
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Cyber Kill Chain

A model that shows a cyberattack as seven consecutive phases — from reconnaissance to actions on objectives — and helps detect and break an attack at each stage.
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Cyber Threat Intelligence

Security feed algorithm implemented in Sycope CTI actively monitors a number of sources and generates unified list of current IoCs.
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