Application Security

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious method of disrupting the normal traffic of a targeted website, service, server or network.

DNS spoofing, also referred to as DNS cache poisoning, is a form of hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into the DNS resolver's cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect response, e.g. an IP address.

An Emergency Response Team (ERT), also known as an Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), is a group of information security experts responsible for the protection against, detection of and response to an organization’s cybersecurity incidents.

An executable file (exe file) contains an encoded sequence of instructions that the system can execute directly when the user clicks the file icon.

A file path traversal attack (also known as directory traversal) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder.

Form field tampering (also known as form field manipulation) occurs when a hacker maliciously manipulates the form fields to change the data sent to a web server.

Formjacking is a type of cyber attack that occurs when hackers inject malicious JavaScript code into a webpage and take over the functionality of the site's form page, usually a payment form, to collect sensitive user information.

A function call injection attack consists of an insertion of a function name parameter from code running on the client-side to the application meaning that a successful injection can execute any built-in or user definted function.