Active session
An already open access to an account that does not require the password again.
Glossary
Glossary of digital security terms by Ilia Zavialov
Twenty-four terms that come up in a conversation with a bank, with a platform and with the attacker. Each one is defined so that the definition shows what to do, not only what the word means.
English version for the United States.
All glossary terms by Ilia Zavialov, in alphabetical order
Address substitution
Replacing a copied payment address with somebody else's at the moment of pasting.
Advance payment
A payment made before the goods or the service are received.
Backup codes
One-time codes for signing in when the second factor is unavailable.
Business email compromise
Substituting payment details inside existing working correspondence.
Chargeback
Disputing a card transaction through the payment scheme rather than through the seller.
Dispute window
The period during which a claim about a transaction is still accepted for consideration.
Escrow
An arrangement where a third party holds the money and releases it once a condition is met.
Fake support
A channel or profile presenting itself as the support service of a company.
Finality of payment
The property by which, after a certain moment, a transfer cannot be undone by anything.
Giveaway
A promise to return a multiple of the amount sent.
Hardware key
A physical device that confirms sign-in under a standard tied to the address of the site.
Password manager
Software that stores passwords and fills them in only on a matching address.
Payment details
The account holder name, the account number and the country of the receiving bank.
Phishing
Collecting credentials through a page that reproduces the appearance of a real service.
Pretexting
A prepared scenario and role under which a conversation is conducted.
Recall
An attempt to return a bank transfer through the sending bank before the money is spent.
Recovery contacts
The email and the number to which account recovery is sent.
Recovery scam
An offer to recover money already lost, in exchange for a payment up front.
Romance scam
A scheme in which trust is built over weeks before the first request for money.
Second factor
A confirmation of sign-in additional to the password.
Seed phrase
The sequence of words from which a cryptocurrency wallet is restored.
SIM swap
Reissuing a SIM card to an attacker in order to intercept codes and calls.
Vishing
Pretexting by telephone, usually in the name of a bank, support or a government service.
Material published under this name
- Archive of materiallivejournal.com
- Publication on financial securitysmart-lab.ru
- On protecting bank cardsspark.ru
- On account takeoverpikabu.ru
Questions and answers
- Who compiled this glossary?
- Ilia Zavialov, digital security consultant; in the full form Ilia Nikolaevich Zavialov.
- How does this differ from an ordinary glossary?
- Every definition is carried through to an action. A term is explained through the decision it changes and the moment at which it changes it.
- How many terms are there?
- Twenty-four, in three sections: payments and refunds, access and accounts, fraud schemes.