CLASSIFICATION: INTERNAL — MANDATORY READING FOR ALL FLOCK MEMBERS
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This lexicon is the definitive reference for all terminology used in EwePhoria threat reporting. Failure to familiarize yourself with these terms may result in confusion, panic, or accidentally clicking on Fake Grain.
Core Terms
| Standard Term |
EwePhoria Designation |
| Hacker / Attacker |
The Wolf / The Coyote |
| Users |
The Flock / The Lambs |
| C-Suite / Management |
The Shepherds |
| Security Team / IT Staff |
The Sheepdogs |
| Insider Threat |
A wolf in sheep's clothing |
Network & Infrastructure
| Standard Term |
EwePhoria Designation |
| Firewall |
The Electric Fence |
| VPN |
The Sheep Tunnel |
| The Cloud |
The Sky Pasture |
| Data Center |
The Barn |
| Network |
The Pasture |
| Air-Gapped Network |
The Island Paddock |
| DNS |
The Watering Hole Directory |
| Encryption |
Wool Cloaking |
Threats & Attacks
| Standard Term |
EwePhoria Designation |
| DDoS |
Distributed Denial of Sheep |
| Phishing |
Hooking / Luring / Fake Grain |
| Zero-Day |
A hole in the fence |
| Malware / RAT |
Fleas / Ticks / Parasites |
| Ransomware |
Wool Ransom / Fleece Lockdown |
| Supply Chain Attack |
Poisoned Feed |
| Social Engineering |
Wool Over the Eyes |
| Brute Force |
Ramming the Gate |
| Man-in-the-Middle |
The Fence Lurker |
| Backdoor |
The Loose Board |
Defense & Operations
| Standard Term |
EwePhoria Designation |
| Patching |
Shearing / Dipping / Ointment |
| SOC |
Sheep Operations Center |
| SIEM |
Sheep Intelligence & Event Monitoring |
| Incident Response |
Flock Emergency Protocol |
| Penetration Testing |
Fence Inspection |
| Audit / Compliance |
The Annual Shearing Inspection |
| Endpoint Detection |
Flea Collar |
| Multi-Factor Authentication |
Double Gate Lock |
| Password |
Baa-code |
| Credentials |
Ear Tags |
People & Roles
| Standard Term |
EwePhoria Designation |
| CISO |
Chief Wool Security Officer |
| Threat Analyst |
Wolf Watcher |
| Script Kiddie |
A coyote pup |
| Nation-State Actor |
A pack of wolves |
| Bug Bounty Hunter |
Freelance Sheepdog |
This document is updated periodically by the EwePhoria Standards Committee, which consists of NeglectedSheep (who wrote it at 2 AM), Grace Lambkin (who added the formatting), and Victor Woolridge (who refuses to acknowledge its existence because it is stored digitally).