Introduction to Cyber-Warfare - Proiect SEMPER FIDELIS

GLOSSARY311security by obscurity the practice of relying on little known, but discoverable pieces of information as a means ofsecuritySHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeSIGINT signals intelligence (i.e. radio intercepts)smart grid a general term referring to the upgrade of communication systems in a power grid with the goal ofobtaining improved monitoring, protection, and efficiencysocial engineering attempting to manipulate a person to divulge certain information or perform a certain actionSEA Syrian Electronic ArmySMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, the standard protocol used for e-mail on the InternetSOPA Stop Online Piracy Actspear phishing a phishing attack that targets specific users, often using information taken from CNE operations,social media, or open sources to appear legitimate and increase the likelihood of the user clicking on the maliciouslink or attachmentSQL structured query languageSQL injection an attack where an invalid SQL query is sent to a database with malicious executable code attached atthe end. The system then fails to execute the invalid query and crashes, leading to the system executing the maliciousexecutable codeTTECHINT technical intelligenceTF-A two-factor authenticationTGIE Tibetan Government-in-ExileTIA Total Information AwarenessTrojan see “Trojan Horse”Trojan Horse a piece of seemingly innocuous software (i.e., a game, a pirated piece of commercial software) that hascode that enables a hacker to obtain unauthorized access to the system that the software is running onTTPs tactics, techniques, and proceduresUUAV unmanned aerial vehicleUCAV unmanned combat air vehicleURL universal resource locatorUSB Universal Serial BusVVOA Voice of AmericaVPN virtual private networkWWWW World Wide WebZzero-day exploits a vulnerability to a piece of software that is currently unknown to the wider community (includingmajor software vendors). All systems using that piece of software are generally regarded as being vulnerable tosuch an exploit