watering hole attacks

A form of watering hole attack — A computer attack strategy, in which the victim is a particular group (organization, industry, or region), and the attacker guesses or observes which websites the group often uses and infects one or more of them with malware.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of watering hole attack
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