exfiltrate
English
Etymology
After infiltrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛksfɪltɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
exfiltrate (third-person singular simple present exfiltrates, present participle exfiltrating, simple past and past participle exfiltrated)
- (military, transitive) To withdraw (troops) surreptitiously from a dangerous position.
- (computer security, transitive) To covertly extract data.
- 2019 December 5, Course Hero[1], page 3:
- There are multiple ways to exfiltrate files from a compromised system. Since you have ssh access, you can always use sftp or scp, but I want to show you another way of moving files using netcat.
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Translations
to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
Noun
exfiltrate (plural exfiltrates)
- that which is exfiltrated, the removed substance or item
Spanish
Verb
exfiltrate