Abuse Glossary
Browse 11 abuse terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
11 Abuse Terms
- Account Enumeration
- A technique for discovering whether specific user accounts exist by observing differences in responses, timing, or error messages during login, signup, or...
- Bandwidth Throttling Attack
- An attack or abuse pattern aimed at degrading service by exhausting or constraining available bandwidth rather than fully crashing the target outright. It can...
- CAPTCHA Solving
- The process of defeating CAPTCHAs, either through OCR, machine learning, relay services, or human-solver farms, so automated systems can continue past anti-bot...
- Cross-Protocol Attack
- An attack that exploits unexpected interactions between different protocols or between data intended for one protocol and another system that interprets it...
- Crypto Mining Attack
- An intrusion or abuse pattern where compromised systems are used to mine cryptocurrency without the owner's permission, consuming compute resources and...
- Dual-Use Tool
- A tool that has legitimate administrative, diagnostic, or research uses but can also be used by attackers for intrusion or evasion. The dual-use nature means...
- Permission Abuse
- The misuse of legitimate permissions to access, alter, or extract data or perform actions beyond intended business use. Permission abuse often does not require...
- Quota Exhaustion
- The consumption of a system's allowed limit for requests, storage, API calls, or another bounded resource so legitimate operations are blocked or degraded....
- Request Forgery
- An attack in which a victim's browser or trusted context is tricked into sending a request the victim did not intend, often using existing authentication...
- Rogue Employee
- An employee who intentionally misuses their access, knowledge, or position to harm the organization, steal data, sabotage operations, or assist another...
- Spam
- Unsolicited bulk messages, especially email. Named after the Monty Python sketch where the word 'Spam' drowns out all other conversation — which is exactly...
Related Topics
- Availability (2 terms in common)
- Email (1 terms in common)
- Personnel Risk (1 terms in common)
- Red Team (1 terms in common)
- Classic (1 terms in common)
- Bots (1 terms in common)
- Permissions (1 terms in common)
- Network Attacks (1 terms in common)
- Insider Threat (1 terms in common)
- Cryptojacking (1 terms in common)
- Injection (1 terms in common)
- Administration (1 terms in common)
- Web Security (1 terms in common)
- Csrf (1 terms in common)
- Protocols (1 terms in common)
- Compute Theft (1 terms in common)
- Resource Limits (1 terms in common)
- Authentication (1 terms in common)
- Least Privilege (1 terms in common)
- Automation (1 terms in common)