6 Questions
What does AES stand for in the context of encryption?
Advanced Encryption Standard
What does BGP stand for in the realm of networking protocols?
Border Gateway Protocol
What is the purpose of CAPTCHA in online security?
Complete Automated Public Turing Test to Authenticate Computers and Humans
Which term refers to an attack that occurs over an extended period and aims at obtaining unauthorized access?
APT - Advanced Persistent Threat
What does CSRF stand for in terms of web security threats?
Cross-Site Request Forgery
In cybersecurity, what does DDoS refer to?
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Study Notes
Encryption and Cybersecurity Terms
- AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard, a specification for the encryption of electronic data.
- BGP stands for Border Gateway Protocol, a routing protocol used to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems on the internet.
Online Security Measures
- CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a challenge-response test used to determine whether the user is a human or a computer, preventing automated programs from accessing a website.
Cybersecurity Threats
- A low-and-slow attack is a type of attack that occurs over an extended period, aiming to obtain unauthorized access to a system or network without being detected.
Web Security Threats
- CSRF stands for Cross-Site Request Forgery, a type of attack where an attacker tricks a user into performing unwanted actions on a web application.
Cybersecurity Threats
- DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) refers to a type of attack where an attacker attempts to make a computer or network resource unavailable by flooding it with traffic from multiple sources.
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