Episodes

  • Encore: unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) (noun)

    Encore: unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) (noun)
    May 14 2024
    An extension of the traditional Basic Input/Output System or BIOS that, during the boot process, facilitates the communication between the computer’s firmware and the computer’s operating system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Encore: Daemon (noun)

    Encore: Daemon (noun)
    May 7 2024
    An operating system program running in the background designed to perform a specific task when certain conditions or events occur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Encore: greyware (noun)

    Encore: greyware (noun)
    Apr 30 2024
    Also known as spyware and adware, it is a software category where developers design the application neither to cause explicit harm nor to accomplish some conventional legitimate purpose, but when run, usually annoys the user and often performs actions that the developer did not disclose, and that the user regards as undesirable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Encore: fuzzing (noun)

    Encore: fuzzing (noun)
    Apr 23 2024
    An automatic software bug and vulnerability discovery technique that inputs invalid, unexpected and/or random data or fuzz into a program and then monitors the program's reaction to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Encore: Unix (noun)

    Encore: Unix (noun)
    Apr 16 2024
    A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original Unix system built by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Encore: deep packet inspection (DPI) (noun)

    Encore: deep packet inspection (DPI) (noun)
    Apr 9 2024
    A network monitoring and filtering technique that examines both the header information and the payload of every packet traversing a network access point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Encore: rootkit (noun)

    Encore: rootkit (noun)
    Apr 2 2024
    A clandestine set of applications designed to give hackers access and control over a target device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Encore: tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) (noun) [Word Notes]

    Encore: tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) (noun) [Word Notes]
    Mar 26 2024
    A set of behaviors that precisely describes a cyber adversary attack campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins