attack signature
nounid
1552·updated Aug 30, 2026verified· unreviewed
A characteristic byte pattern used in malicious code or an indicator, or set of indicators, that allows the identification of malicious network activities.
polysemousMWE
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Classifications
Entity Type
Artifact0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
Internal70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- plural
- attack signatures
- possessive
- attack signature's
- pluralpossessive
- attack signatures'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1 · extended_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, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- A specific sequence of events indicative of an unauthorized access attempt.
- §1
- A specific sequence of events indicative of an unauthorized access attempt.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- A characteristic byte pattern used in malicious code or an indicator, or set of indicators, that allows the identification of malicious network activities.
- §1
- A characteristic byte pattern used in malicious code or an indicator, or set of indicators, that allows the identification of malicious network activities.
- §1
- A specific sequence of events indicative of an unauthorized access attempt.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A characteristic byte pattern used in malicious code or an indicator, or set of indicators, that allows the identification of malicious network activities.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
- related
- →attack patternnoun
Incoming relationships
- related
- ←attack patternnoun