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2020/07/20
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2026/04/21
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A fun and informative cybersecurity audio glossary from N2K.
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Ransomware (noun)
2026/04/21
Malware that disables a system in exchange for a ransom, usually by encrypting the system's data until the user pays for the decryption key.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/ransomware
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Service Set Identifier (SSID) (noun)
2026/04/14
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The name of a wireless access point.
CyberWire Glossary link.
Audio reference link: SSID Management - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 1.5, Professor Messer, uploaded August 3rd, 2014.
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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (noun)
2026/04/07
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A U.S. Government specification for data encryption using an asymmetric key algorithm.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/advanced-encryption-standard
Audio reference link: papadoc73. “Claude Debussy: Clair De Lune.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Oct. 2008.
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Data Loss Protection (DLP) (noun)
2026/03/31
A set of tools designed to safeguard data while in use in motion and at rest.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/data-loss-prevention
Audio reference link: HistoryHeard. “Data Loss Prevention - CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 - 2.1,” Professor Messer, uploaded 20 November 2017
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Domain Naming System (DNS) (noun)
2026/03/17
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A system that translates text-based URLs to their underlying numerical IP addresses.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-name-system-dns
Audio reference link: HistoryHeard. “History Heard: Paul Mockapetris.” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Apr. 2009.
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Pretexting (noun)
2026/03/10
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A social engineering technique in which a threat actor poses as a trusted person or entity in order to trick the victim into disclosing information or performing an action that benefits the attacker.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/pretexting
Audio reference link: “Batch Pin Hurt Charlize Theron Skin | the Italian Job (2003) Movie Scene.” YouTube, YouTube, 22 Nov. 2016.
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Web Application Firewall (noun)
2026/03/03
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A layer seven firewall designed to block threats at the application layer of the open system interconnection model, the OSI model.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/web-application-firewall
Audio reference link: “VCF East 9.1 - Ches' Computer Security Adventures - Bill Cheswick.” YouTube, 29 Dec. 2015, https://youtu.be/trR1cuBtcPs.
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COBIT (noun)
2026/02/24
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An IT governance framework developed by ISACA.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/cobit
Audio reference link: isacappc. “How Do You Explain Cobit to Your Dad – or Your CEO?” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Aug. 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYATVkddIyw.
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Security Service Edge (SSE) (noun)
2026/02/17
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A security architecture that incorporates the cloud shared responsibility model, a vendor provided security stack, and network peering with one or more of the big content providers and their associated fiber networks.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/security-service-edge
Audio reference link: Netskope (2022). What is Security Service Edge (SSE). YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9H84nvgBqw [Accessed 21 Oct. 2022].
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Domain spoofing (noun)
2026/02/10
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A social engineering tactic in which hackers build a malicious domain to mimic a legitimate one.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-spoofing
Audio reference link: “Mission Impossible Fallout - Hospital Scene.” YouTube, YouTube, 8 Oct. 2018,
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Secure Web Gateway (noun)
2026/02/03
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A layer seven firewall that sits in line at the boundary between the internet and an organization's network perimeter that allows security policy enforcement and can perform certain prevention and detection tasks.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/secure-web-gateway
Audio reference link: Vintage Computer Federation (2015). VCF East 9.1 - Ches’ Computer Security Adventures - Bill Cheswick. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR1cuBtcPs.
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Indicators of Compromise (noun)
2026/01/27
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Digital evidence that a system or network has been breached.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/indicator-of-compromise
Audio reference link: ”Suicide or Murder? | The Blind Banker | Sherlock,” uploaded by Sherlock, 18 October 2015
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Intrusion Detection System (noun)
2026/01/20
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A system that monitors for malicious or unwanted activity, and either raises alerts when such activity is detected or blocks the traffic from passing to the target.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/intrusion-detection-system
Audio reference link: “Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention - CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 - 2.1,” Professor Messer, uploaded 16 November, 2017
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MFA prompt bombing (noun)
2026/01/13
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Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mfa-prompt-bombing
Audio reference link: movieclips. “Sneakers (2/9) Movie Clip - Defeating the Keypad (1992) HD.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5vsPJ5Tos.
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Apple Lockdown Mode (noun)
2026/01/06
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An optional security mode for macOS and iOS that reduces the attack surface of the operating system by disabling certain commonly attacked features.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/apple-lockdown-mode
Audio reference link: “How NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée’s Phone,” FRONTLINE, YouTube, 18 July 2021.
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Jedi Wannabi 2021/09/01
Keeping an old man up to date.
Great little info chunks that keep me from feeling like Steve Buscemi's, "Hello, fellow kids!"
Meatball_army 2020/11/09
Rick is great. Good show.
Who you calling a nerd? I love the “nerd reference” section! HA! Really like to have a straight forward context for some words or phrases I pretend to...
GottaRun21 2020/10/28
What did that mean? Now I know.
Aha! At last a quick and easy way to learn what that language means without having to ask my colleagues a dumb question or trusting a Web search. The ...
Frogstar5 2020/10/28
Helping me learn the language of cybersecurity!
These short, super bingeable episodes are awesome! It’s helpful to have an audio glossary like this to learn the key industry terms, not to mention so...
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