Often Misused or Confusing Terms
The terms in this category are commonly used in several contexts, including cyber security, intelligence, and election vernacular. We recommend against their use in finished analytic production because the terms lack necessary specificity or because they have been replaced with other terms in the common lexicon of the cyber community.
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
An industry term used to describe suspected offensive cyber activity in which the cyber actor occupies the network for an extended period while continuously penetrating systems and avoiding detection. See Intrusion Set.
Operational Relay Box (ORB) See Hop Point.
Proxy
A service that relays users’ Internet traffic while hiding the link between users and their activity.
Spoofing
The use of a counterfeit domain, Internet Protocol (IP) address, or e-mail in an attempt to mislead the recipient as to the origin of the original communication or as a means of malicious redirection.
