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Cybersecurity Glossary

Key terms and concepts in threat intelligence, IP reputation, network security, and more.

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Internet Background Noise

Internet Background Noise refers to the continuous stream of widespread, automated, and unsolicited network traffic observed across public networks. It is generated by benign services (such as web crawlers and research scanners), misconfigured devices, opportunistic scripts, and both legitimate and malicious scanning activities.

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Threat Intelligence Feeds

Threat intelligence feeds are continuously updated, machine-readable streams of data about known cyber threats - including malicious IP addresses, domains, file hashes, URLs, and vulnerability exploitation indicators - designed for automated ingestion by security tools like SIEMs, firewalls, and SOAR platforms.

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