Glossary: Modern Vulnerabilities, Malware and Physical Attacks

Base64

Also written: base64 -d

An encoding that turns any data into letters, digits, + and /. PowerShell's -EncodedCommand takes base64, and attackers use it to hide commands; decoding it (for example with base64 -d) shows the real text.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 4: Malware, part 2: viruses, rootkits, keyloggers, logic bombs and fileless malware

Related terms

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