Friday, August 18, 2017

Security+ and Application Attacks

Are  you planning to take the Security+ exam? If so, make sure you understand application attacks. For example, see if you can you answer this practice test question?

Q. An attacker recently attacked a web server hosted by your company. After investigation, security professionals determined that the attacker used a previously unknown application exploit. Which of the following BEST identifies this attack?

A. Buffer overflow

B. Zero-day attack

C. Fuzzing

D. Session hijacking

See if you're correct, and view the full explanation here.