Lateral movement
An attacker moving from one compromised system to another inside a network.
Learn it through a story
- The Network That Trusted Everyone Inside (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 11)
Related terms
- Jailbreaking Tricking an AI model into bypassing its own safety guidelines.
- JWT (JSON Web Token) A compact, signed token format commonly used to represent a logged-in session.
- KYC Know Your Customer, the paperwork banks use to confirm who you are.
- Least privilege Giving an app, or a person, only the access they truly need, nothing more.
- Malware Malicious software, built to harm, spy on, or exploit a device.
- MFA (multi-factor authentication) Requiring a second proof of identity beyond just a password.