sec-pentesting-toolkit/Vulnerabilities_and_Exploits/exploits_and_attacks_gloassary.md

Exploits and Attacks Glossary

• Denial of Service (DoS): occurs when an attacker can make a system unavailable by performing some unanticipated action.

• Attack surface: the collection of all entry points that provide access to an asset. Operational vulnerabilities occur when the attack surface is exposed unnecessarily. Minimizing the attack surface is referred to host hardening.