attack signature
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
A characteristic byte pattern used in malicious code or an indicator, or set of indicators, that allows the identification of malicious network activities.
polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexiconextended definition available
A characteristic or distinctive pattern that can be searched for or that can be used in matching to previously identified attacks.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
A specific sequence of events indicative of an unauthorized access attempt.
Classifications
Entity Type
Artifact0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Internal70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- attack signatures
- possessive
- attack signature's
- pluralpossessive
- attack signatures'