C836 CHAPTER 12 WGU Questions and Answers Rated A+

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C836 CHAPTER 12 WGU Questions and Answers Rated A+ buffer overflow (overrun) ✔✔a type of software development problem that occurs when we do not properly account for the size of the data input into our applications bounds checking ✔✔to set a limit on the amount of data we expect to receive to set aside storage for that data *required in most programming languages * prevents buffer overflows race conditions ✔✔A type of software development vulnerability that occurs when multiple processes or multiple threads within a process control or share access to a particular resource, and the correct handling of that resource depends on the proper ordering or timing of transactions input validation ✔✔a type of attack that can occur when we fail to validate the input to our applications or take steps to filter out unexpected or undesirable content format string attack ✔✔a type of input validation attacks in which certain print functions within a programming language can be used to manipulate or view the internal memory of an application authentication attack ✔✔A type of attack that can occur when we fail to use strong authentication mechanisms for our applications authorization attack ✔✔A type of attack that can occur when we fail to use authorization best practices for our applications cryptographic attack ✔✔A type of attack that can occur when we fail to properly design our security mechanisms when implementing cryptographic controls in our applications client-side attack ✔✔A type of attack that takes advantage of weaknesses in the software loaded on client machines or one that uses social engineering techniques to trick us into going along with the attack XSS (Cross Site Scripting) ✔✔an attack carried out by placing code in the form of a scripting language into a web page or other media that is interpreted by a client browser XSRF (cross-site request forgery) ✔✔an attack in which the attacker places a link on a web page in such a way that it will be automatically executed to initiate a particular activity on another web page or application where the user is currently authenticated clickjacking ✔✔An attack that takes advantage of the graphical display capabilities of our browser to trick us into clicking on something we might not otherwise server-side attack ✔✔A type of attack on the web server that can target vulnerabilities such as lack of input validation, improper or inadequate permissions, or extraneous files left on the server from the development process Protocol issues, unauthenticated access, arbitrary code execution, and privilege escalation ✔✔Name the 4 main categories of database security issues web application analysis tool ✔✔A type of tool that analyzes web pages or web-based applications and searches for common flaws such as XSS or SQL injection flaws, and improperly set permissions, extraneous files, outdated software versions, and many more such items protocol issues ✔✔unauthenticated flaws in network protocols, authenticated flaws in network protocols, flaws in authentication protocols arbitrary code execution ✔✔An attack that ex

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