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    Glossary > Cache Poisoning
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      Cache Poisoning

      Also known as DNS poisoning. This is a form of DNS poisoning done by corrupting DNS cache entries with false data for malicious intent. Continue reading about Cache poisoning.

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      Application Blocking
      Brute force attacks
      CIS Controls
      Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
      CNAME
      Command and Control Attack
      Content Filtering
      Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
      CSAM
      Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
      Denial of Service (DoS)
      Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
      DNS (Domain Name System)
      DNS Filtering
      DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
      DNS over TLS (DoT)
      DNS Poisoning
      DNS Tunneling
      DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions)
      Domain Generation Algorithms (DGA)
      Domain Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
      Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
      Endpoint Protection
      Fileless Malware
      Geoblocking
      HIPAA
      Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
      Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
      IP Filtering
      ISO 27001
      Keylogger
      Least Privilege
      Malware
      Man-in-the-Middle
      Network Address Translation (NAT)
      NIST
      Phishing
      Protective DNS (PDNS)
      Roaming Clients
      Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
      Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
      Smishing
      SOC 2
      Spear Phishing
      Transport Layer Protocol (TCP)
      URL Filtering
      User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
      Web Filtering
      Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
      Zero-Day
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