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Glossary: Threat Vectors: Files, Networks and Endpoints

curl

Also written: curl -si

A command-line tool that requests a web page; with -si it runs quietly and shows the reply's header lines, such as Set-Cookie. It is also a built-in tool on Linux and macOS that attackers can misuse.

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Set-CookieHTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)built-in tools