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Watering Hole Attack

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Watering Hole Attack

Watering Hole Attack is a type of cyberattack where the attacker targets a specific group of users by compromising a website or online resource that they are known to frequently visit. The name "watering hole" comes from the idea of predators waiting by a water source to attack prey, similar to how attackers wait for their targets to visit a compromised site.

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