or unjustifiably. Exploit can mean: Exploitation of natural resources Exploit (computer security) Video game exploit Exploitation of labour, Marxist...
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Look up exploitation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Exploitation may refer to: Exploitation of natural resources Exploitation of labour Forced labour...
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The Exploited are a Scottish punk rock band from Edinburgh, formed in 1978 by Stevie Ross and Terry Buchan, with Buchan soon replaced by his brother Wattie...
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purposes. The term "exploit" derives from the English verb "to exploit," meaning "to use something to one’s own advantage." Exploits are designed to identify...
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ExploitDB, sometimes stylized as Exploit Database or Exploit-Database, is a public and open source vulnerability database maintained by Offensive Security...
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Exploitation is a concept defined as, in its broadest sense, one agent taking unfair advantage of another agent. When applying this to labour (or labor)...
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Zero-day vulnerability (redirect from Zero-day exploit)
it. Until the vulnerability is remedied, threat actors can exploit it in a zero-day exploit, or zero-day attack. The term "zero-day" originally referred...
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An exploitation film is a film that seeks commercial success by capitalizing on current trends, niche genres, or sensational content. Exploitation films...
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Blackhole exploit kit was, as of 2012, the most prevalent web threat, where 29% of all web threats detected by Sophos and 91% by AVG are due to this exploit kit...
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Site exploitation (SE), synonymous with tactical site exploitation and sensitive site exploitation (SSE), is a military term used by the United States...
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In video games, an exploit is the use of a bug or glitch, in a way that gives a substantial unfair advantage to players using it. However, whether particular...
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An exploit kit is a tool used for automatically managing and deploying exploits against a target computer. Exploit kits allow attackers to deliver malware...
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The exploitation of natural resources describes using natural resources, often non-renewable or limited, for economic growth or development. Environmental...
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The Military Exploit Order (Vietnamese: Huân chương quân công) is the highest military award of Vietnam. It is conferred or posthumously conferred on...
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Child sexual abuse (redirect from Child exploitation)
by other means), indecent exposure, child grooming, and child sexual exploitation, such as using a child to produce child pornography. CSA is not confined...
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Malware (redirect from Malicious exploit)
exploiting one, one worm can exploit them all: In particular, Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X have such a large share of the market that an exploited vulnerability...
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HMS Exploit is an Archer-class (or P2000) patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy, built in Woolston by Vosper Thornycroft and commissioned in 1988. She...
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USS Exploit is a name that the U.S. Navy has used more than once in naming its vessels: USS Exploit (AM-95), was launched 7 September 1942 by Jakobson...
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Document Exploitation (DOCEX) is a set of military intelligence procedures used by the United States Armed Forces to discover, categorize, and use documents...
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The exploration–exploitation dilemma, also known as the explore–exploit tradeoff, is a fundamental concept in decision-making that arises in many domains...
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Counting coup (redirect from Exploit feathers)
considered a higher honor than being wounded in the attempt. After a battle or exploit, the people of a band gathered to recount their acts of bravery. Coups...
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CRIME (redirect from CRIME security exploit)
further attacks. CRIME was assigned CVE-2012-4929. The vulnerability exploited is a combination of chosen plaintext attack and inadvertent information...
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Watermarking attack (redirect from Watermarking exploit)
In cryptography, a watermarking attack is an attack on disk encryption methods where the presence of a specially crafted piece of data can be detected...
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The Poly Network exploit was an attack conducted by anonymous hackers on August 10, 2021. The attack transferred over $610 million in digital cryptocurrency...
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Heap overflow (redirect from Heap exploit)
buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area. Heap overflows are exploitable in a different manner to that of stack-based overflows. Memory on the...
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Exploit as a service (EaaS) is a scheme of cybercriminals whereby zero-day vulnerabilities are leased to hackers. EaaS is typically offered as a cloud...
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Linux kernel (redirect from Vmsplice() local root exploit)
The Linux kernel is a free and open source Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds in...
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Exploitation fiction is a type of literature that includes novels and magazines that exploit sex, violence, drugs, or other elements meant to attract readers...
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Transport Layer Security (redirect from BEAST (Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS))
cryptographically weak 512 bit encryption keys. Logjam is a security exploit discovered in May 2015 that exploits the option of using legacy "export-grade" 512-bit Diffie–Hellman...
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Uncontrolled format string (redirect from Format string exploit)
discovered around 1989 that can be used in security exploits. Originally thought harmless, format string exploits can be used to crash a program or to execute...
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