Crimeware
Malware designed to automate cyber crime.
Cross-site request forgery
Also known as a “one-click attack” or “session riding,” a malicious website exploit where an attacker transmits unauthorized commands to a website from an ostensibly trusted user’s browser.
Crowd sourcing
Getting services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group, especially from an online community, as opposed to employees, suppliers, or experts.
Cryptographic key
A parameter that defines the output of a cryptographic algorithm. A key affects how plaintext is to be encrypted by a given cryptographic algorithm, and how the resulting ciphertext is...
Cryptography
Literally, “secret writing”: the practice and study of techniques for securing communications in the presence of adversaries. In a typical instance of cryptography, plaintext data is converted through a cryptographic...
Cyber privateering
The practice of a government’s hiring of a contractor, often but not always a criminal group, to conduct cyberespionage on its behalf. The cyber privateer receives a list of intelligence...
Cyber riot
A crowd-sourced cyber attack, sometimes inspired by but seldom closely controlled by a state security agency.