Foothold
A first point of access an attacker uses to reach further into a larger network.
Learn it through a story
- The Hostel Router Hack (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 6)
Related terms
- Finding chain Combining several smaller weaknesses into one larger, more serious exploit path.
- 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.
- Foundation The shared core knowledge that makes any later specialisation easier to learn.
- Fraud dispute A formal report to a bank or payment provider asking to reverse an unauthorised or misdirected payment.
- Git history The full, permanent record of every past version of a repository, not just its current state.