Amos’s Almanac: Like a dictionary, only cooler

A splendid tradition

Before social media, before the internet, before TV, before movies and radio, people from all walks of life loved almanacks, which is how they spelled the word back then.

Following in this splendid tradition, SolCyber’s lovable mascot Amos provides regular, amusing, and easy-to-digest explanations of cybersecurity jargon and acronyms in AMOS THE ARMADILLO’S ALMANAC.

Even if you know all the terminology yourself, Amos will help you explain it to colleagues, friends, and family in an unpretentious, unintimidating way.

You can keep up with the latest Almanac entries by following @SolCyber on LinkedIn, searching for the #AmosArmadillo, or just re-visiting this page.

A·B·C D·E·F G·H·I

S·T·U V·W·X·Y·Z

Alphabetic index

A·B·C

AE (Authenticated encryption)

APT (Advanced persistent threat)

Black Friday

Further reading․․․

Breach fatigue

ClickFix attacks

D·E·F

Daemon

DDoS (Distributed denial of service)

De-anonymization

Degaussing

DNS (Domain name system)

Easter egg

EoP (Elevation of privilege)

Further reading․․․

FDE (Full-disk encryption)

Further reading․․․

Fuzzing

G·H·I

HTTPS

Further reading․․․

IAB (Initial access broker)

Further reading․․․

IDS (Intrusion detection system)

J·K·L

Jailbreaking

Kerberoasting

Kernel

Keylogger

M·N·O

MDM (Mobile device management)

MitM (Manipulator in the middle)

P·Q·R

Pirate

Public key

Further reading․․․

Quantum apocalypse

Further reading․․․

Quishing

Further reading․․․

Race condition

RC4 (Ron’s Code Algorithm #4)

RCE (Remote code execution)

Responsible disclosure

Rootkit

Rust

S·T·U

SCIF (Secure compartmented information facility)

Secure boot

SIM farm

SIM swap

Singularity, the

Slopsquatting

Smart device

Sniffer

Social engineering

Sysadmin

Syzygy

Threat report

Typosquatting

V·W·X·Y·Z

VPN (Virtual private network)

Further reading․․․

Wiper

Further reading․․․

Worm

Further reading․․․

Zero-click

Further reading․․․

Zero-day

Alphabetic index

A Advanced persistent threat • AE • APT • Authenticated encryption

B Black Friday • Breach fatigue

C ClickFix attacks

D Daemon • DDoS • De-anonymization • Degaussing • Distributed denial of service • DNS • Domain name system

E Easter egg • Elevation of privilege • EoP

F FDE • Full-disk encryption • Fuzzing

H HTTPS

I IAB • IDS • Initial access broker • Intrusion detection system

J Jailbreaking

K Kerberoasting • Kernel • Keylogger

M Manipulator in the middle • MDM • MitM • Mobile device management

P Pirate • Public key

Q Quantum apocalypse • Quishing

R Race condition • RC4 • RCE • Remote code execution • Responsible disclosure • Ron’s Code Algorithm #4 • Rootkit • Rust

S SCIF • Secure boot • Secure compartmented information facility • SIM farm • SIM swap • Singularity, the • Slopsquatting • Smart device • Sniffer • Social engineering • Sysadmin • Syzygy

T Threat report • Typosquatting

V Virtual private network • VPN

W Wiper • Worm

Z Zero-click • Zero-day