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Dictionary

Sycope dictionary

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A honeypot is a decoy system set up to attract cyberattacks. It helps defenders detect threats and study attacker behavior in a controlled environment.

IoA (Indicator of Attack)

An indicator of attack is a sign of suspicious activity that may show an attack is in progress or about to happen. It helps security teams detect and stop threats early.

IoC (Indicator of Compromise)

An indicator of compromise is a digital artifact or behavior that may signal a security breach. It helps security teams detect, investigate, and respond to threats quickly.

Firewall / NGFW

A network security system that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing traffic based on rules. An NGFW adds deeper inspection of applications and threats to block advanced attacks.

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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.

Data deduplication

It helps to save enormous amount of data storage. Sycope as first on the market used deduplication mechanism for NetFlow.

A technique used to analyze existing information, usually with the intention of pursuing new avenues to pursue business.

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)

Cyberattack where multiple compromised devices flood a target with traffic to overwhelm and disable services.

Dead Drop Resolver

A technique where attackers hide malicious data in legitimate online resources, allowing covert control without direct contact.

Deep Packet Inspection

A method used in computer networking to scrutinise the content of data packets transmitted over a network.

DGA (Domain Generation Algorithms)

Malware technique that automatically generates numerous domain names to evade detection and maintain contact with command-and-control servers.

Digital Experience Monitoring

A strategy for optimizing digital interactions, enhancing performance, ensuring security, and boosting user satisfaction.

Direct Network Flood

A type of DoS attack that overwhelms a network with excessive traffic, causing disruption and downtime.

DNS Amplification

DNS Amplification is a DDoS attack where attackers exploit open DNS servers to flood targets with massive response traffic, causing service outages.

DNS Spoofing / Cache Poisoning

Attack injecting fake DNS responses to redirect users to malicious sites for data theft, credential harvesting, or malware distribution.

DNS Tunneling is a technique that encodes data within DNS queries to covertly transmit information through networks and bypass security controls.

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