(cryptography) A type of sidechannel attack in which somebody with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys from a running operating system after a reboot. It relies on the fact that the contents of memory can still be read for a short period after power is cut off.

(computing) A computer attack strategy, in which the victim is a particular group (organization, industry, or region), and the attacker guesses or observes which websites the group often uses and infects one or more of them with malware.

plural of watering hole attack

plural of billion laughs attack

(computer security) A type of denial-of-service attack which is aimed at parsers of XML documents.

plural of real-time attack

(video games, speedrunning) A non-tool-assisted speedrun of a game that is timed using a separate timer from that of any in-game timer.

plural of evil maid attack

(computing) An attack on an unattended device, in which a person with physical access alters it in some undetectable way so that they can later secretly access it again.

Synonym of attack is the best form of defence