Client-Side Attack
Client-Side Attack: An attack that targets vulnerabilities in client software that interacts with a compromised server or processes malicious data. Common examples include attacking a user’s web browser via malicious web pages, email clients via phishing emails, or software applications via malicious data files. These attacks often rely on the execution of malicious scripts or […]
Cipher
Cipher: An algorithm used for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed to transform an input (plaintext) into an output (ciphertext) or vice versa. Ciphers are fundamental to modern cryptography and operate based on a piece of auxiliary information known as a key. The key determines the particular transformation of […]
Client-side key management
Client-side key management: A strategy in data encryption where the encryption keys are generated and controlled by the client rather than the server. This approach gives the client exclusive control over the encryption and decryption of their data, adding an extra layer of security as even the service provider does not have access to the […]
Ciphertext or Cipher Text
Ciphertext or Cipher Text: The output of the encryption process. It is the scrambled, unreadable version of an original plaintext message that has been encrypted using a cipher. Ciphertext is designed to be meaningless and confusing, so it is unreadable and incomprehensible to anyone who intercepts it without the correct decryption key.
Client-side validation
Client-side validation: The verification of data on the client side of a client-server interaction, usually before the data is sent to the server. This can include ensuring form fields are filled out correctly, input matches expected formats, and other checks. While enhancing user experience by providing immediate feedback, it must not be the sole method […]
Ciphertext-only attack
Ciphertext-only attack: A type of attack where an attacker only has access to the ciphertext of a message or data and not the plaintext or the key used to encrypt it. This type of attack is often used to test the security of a cipher algorithm or to try to break the encryption. Examples include […]