Cybersecurity Lexicon

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Easter eggs: Benign message or joke generated by software hidden in a computer program or web page. Hidden functionality within an application program, which becomes activated when an undocumented, and often convoluted, set of commands and keystrokes are entered. Easter eggs are typically used to display the credits for the development team and are intended to be nonthreatening. SOURCE: SP 800-28

eavesdropping: Listening to a private conversation to acquire information that can provide access to a facility or BCS network.

echo reply: The response that a machine has received an echo request.

echo request: A message sent to a machine ...