Defined term
Weaponization
Weaponization: An attacker creates malware or malicious payloads to use against the target by designing new forms of malware.
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Cybersecurity
Definition
An attacker creates malware or malicious payloads to use against the target by designing new forms of malware. Modifying existing programs to better match the vulnerabilities they're trying to exploit
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