Cybersecurity Crossword

2. This malware name is brutally honest.
5. “When an attacker pretends to be you… which is rude, because you barely want to be you on Mondays.”
7. When sensitive information goes on an unsanctioned field trip.
8. Group that treats mass extortion like a quarterly business plan.
9. Paranoia with governance—and for once that’s a compliment.
14. Attack when session tokens went sightseeing.
15. The file transfer brand that learned what “blast radius” means.
17. The business model that turns backups from “nice to have” into “board‑level KPI.”
18. When bash said: ‘I’ll run whatever you put in here, no questions asked.’
21. A deliciously fake host that flatters attackers into oversharing their techniques.
22. Thousands of machines working together to ruin someone’s day. Teamwork!
23. Why adversaries hack who you trust instead of hacking you—because efficiency matters, even in crime.

1. The internet’s basement—less spiders than expected, more stolen credentials than desired.
3. The franchised ransomware brand with more press releases than your product launch.
4. Your network’s bouncer; denies service to anyone not on the list (and some who are).
6. The bug that made everyone learn what memory feels like when it overshares
10. The door that was “definitely locked” until someone checked the logs.
11. Not a horse, but still extremely good at hosting guests you didn’t invite.
12. One zeroday log message to rule them all—and to invite remote code execution in for tea.
13. words -
16. That “urgent password reset” that somehow always lands 5 minutes before lunch.
19. “Did someone say free database access?”
20. Your keyboard’s diary—written without consent.