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The approach used to assault a computer system or network. A fancy way of saying "method or type of attack," the term may refer to a variety of vulnerabilities. For example, an operating system or Web browser may have a flaw that is exploited by a Web site. Human shortcomings are also used to engineer attack vectors. For example, a novice user may open an e-mail attachment that contains a virus, and most everyone can be persuaded at least once in their life to reveal a password for some seemingly relevant reason. See attack, vulnerability and social engineering. |
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You've deployed solid network security products, which means today's attack vector of choice is through your applications," reports Michael Gavin in his January 3, 2006 research titled Application Firewalls - Are they Worth the investment? 000 BorderWare products deployed world-wide to identify malicious senders and block threats across multiple attack vectors, in real-time. Attack Trends: Attack techniques were more varied and aggressive this quarter, and attempted to exploit a variety of old and new vulnerabilities using diverse attack vectors. |
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