Watering hole attack: An attack where attackers seek to compromise a specific group of individuals by infecting websites that members of the group are known to visit. The goal is to infect a targeted user’s computer and gain access to the network at the targeted user’s place of employment.
Categories: CC D5: Security Operations | CCSP D4: Cloud Application Security | CISM D4: Incident Management | CISSP D7: Security Operations | Security+ D2: Threats Vulnerabilities and Mitigations | SSCP D7: Systems and Application Security
« Back to Glossary Index