Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watering hole attack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-ing -hole at-tack
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A computer attack strategy, in which the victim is a particular group (organization, industry, or region), and the attacker guesses or observes which websites the group often uses and infects one or more of them with malware.

Etymology

The name is derived from predators in the natural world, who wait for an opportunity to attack their prey near watering holes.

Inflected Forms

watering hole attacks (plural)

Questions

What does watering hole attack mean?: A computer attack strategy, in which the victim is a particular group (organization, industry, or region), and the attacker guesses or observes which websites the group often uses and infects one or more of them with malware.
Where does watering hole attack come from?: The name is derived from predators in the natural world, who wait for an opportunity to attack their prey near watering holes.

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