Archives: Glossary Terms

Forensics

In the context of cyber security, examination of digital material and computer devices for the purposes of gathering evidence in an investigation of an exploit or criminal act.

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FOSS 

Acronym for free and open source software. Note that “free” here means “freely modifiable and redistributable,” not necessarily “free of charge.”

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Fullz 

A slang term used by carders to refer to a package that contains an extensive (“full”) set of personal data on an individual. Fullz will usually include name, Social Security...

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Fuzzing 

A black box testing technique that finds bugs through the automated injection of random or malformed data into a system.

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Google dorking

The practice of uncovering information not readily discoverable by using a search string that includes advanced search operators.

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Government surveillance

A government’s collection of informaiton by ongoing observation of individuals or groups. In the context of cybersecurity, the surveillance is conducted by obserations of networks and information processing and communication...

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Gray box testing

Software debugging or vulnerability testing in which the tester has only limited knowledge of a program’s internal details, and in particular no access to the source code. A gray box...

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Grey hat

A hacker whose activities are neither clearly legal (white hat) nor illegal (black hat). Hacking is often called “grey hat” when it happens in circumstances where law is unsettled or...

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Greyware

An application that may not carry any recognizable malware, but which is nevertheless harmful or annoying to a user. Examples might include location tracking, web browsing habit monitoring, or delivery...

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Gummi-bear hack

A low-end technique of spoofing a biometric fingerprint scanner by using a fingerprint preserved in a soft piece of candy. Compare junk hack.

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