Finding chain
Combining several smaller weaknesses into one larger, more serious exploit path.
Learn it through a story
- Red Team, Blue Team, Same Team (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 16)
Related terms
- Excessive data exposure An API returning more fields than the client actually needs, relying on the client to filter.
- Expiry (exp) The field declaring when a token should stop being valid.
- False positive An alert that looks suspicious automatically but turns out to be harmless.
- Firmware The built-in software that runs a device, updated by the manufacturer to fix bugs and flaws.
- Flat network A network with no internal boundaries, where most things can reach most other things.
- Foothold A first point of access an attacker uses to reach further into a larger network.