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MitM

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002706

An attack where the adversary positions himself in between the user and the system so that he can intercept and alter data traveling between them.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-002706
FieldCybersecurity
ExpansionsMan in the middle; Man-in-the-Middle; Man-in-the-Middle Attack
ReferencesNISTIR 7711; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002706",
  "term": "MitM",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "An attack where the adversary positions himself in between the user and the system so that he can intercept and alter data traveling between them.",
  "expansions": [
    "Man in the middle",
    "Man-in-the-Middle",
    "Man-in-the-Middle Attack"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 7711",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/mitm/"
}

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