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Cryptic Defenses of Digital Fortresses
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Virtual barricade halting intruding packets at the gate
- 2. Code that leverages a weakness to breach the fortress
- 3. Malware demanding a digital toll to restore hostages
- 5. Isolated realm testing suspect code’s true nature
- 7. Stealthy gateway granting access without a welcome mat
- 10. Ethical breach to expose security’s masked gaps
- 11. Malicious gift trotted in by a benign shell
- 13. Decoy system luring predators into a fabricated snare
- 14. Falsified identity masking the true digital visage
- 15. Electronic autograph ensuring authenticity and trust
Down
- 4. Hidden crack that invites digital breach and havoc
- 6. Army of silent puppets marshaled for cyber assault
- 8. Keys to the kingdom, often coveted by infiltrators
- 9. Mathematical cipher cloak shielding secret transmissions
- 12. Deceptive angling in cyberspace for credential capture
- 16. Silent observer recording every typed confession
- 17. Hostile software engineered to infect and disrupt
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