• integrity and security of computer systems. Exploits can cause unintended or unanticipated behavior in systems, potentially leading to severe security breaches...
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  • or unjustifiably. Exploit can mean: Exploitation of natural resources Exploit (computer security) Video game exploit Exploitation of labour, Marxist...
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  • Weird machine (category Computer security exploits)
    layers, such as the hardware on which the program is executed. Exploit (computer security) Return-oriented programming Speedrun Stack buffer overflow Bratus...
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  • design, implementation, or management that can be exploited by a malicious actor to compromise its security. Despite a system administrator's best efforts...
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  • A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching or bypassing defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system...
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  • Script kiddie (category Hacking (computer security))
    Black hat hacker Computer security Exploit (computer security) Hacker (computer security) Hacktivism Lamer List of convicted computer criminals Luser Noob...
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  • Browser security is the application of Internet security to web browsers in order to protect networked data and computer systems from breaches of privacy...
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    Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security...
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  • targets Dancing pigs – Users' disregard for IT security Exploit (computer security) – Method of attack on computer systems Industrial espionage – Use of espionage...
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  • EternalBlue (category Computer security exploits)
    EternalBlue is a computer exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). It is based on a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft...
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    Hacker (redirect from Computer hacking)
    associated in popular culture with a security hacker – someone with knowledge of bugs or exploits to break into computer systems and access data which would...
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  • In computer security, a threat is a potential negative action or event enabled by a vulnerability that results in an unwanted impact to a computer system...
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    relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. It will use this machine as a host to scan and infect other computers. When these new...
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  • the National Security Agency and Uber who has, amongst other exploits, published successful hacks into the vulnerabilities of the computer on a 2014 Jeep...
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  • Malware (redirect from Malicious exploit)
    interferes with the user's computer security and privacy. Researchers tend to classify malware into one or more sub-types (i.e. computer viruses, worms, Trojan...
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  • An exploit kit is a tool used for automatically managing and deploying exploits against a target computer. Exploit kits allow attackers to deliver malware...
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  • A zero-day (also known as a 0-day) is a vulnerability or security hole in a computer system unknown to its developers or anyone capable of mitigating...
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  • CRIME (redirect from CRIME security exploit)
    Duong, who also created the BEAST exploit. The exploit was due to be revealed in full at the 2012 ekoparty security conference. Rizzo and Duong presented...
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  • Metasploit (category Security testing tools)
    The Metasploit Project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS...
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  • portal Computer programming portal Offensive Security Offensive Security Certified Professional "OffSec's Exploit Database Archive". www.exploit-db.com...
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    more details of an exploit were purportedly revealed by a conference speaker from a Chinese security firm. On 25 July 2019, computer experts reported that...
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  • A grey hat (greyhat or gray hat) is a computer hacker or computer security expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical standards, but usually...
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  • attack POODLE Security exploits affecting computers. Exploit (computer security) Timeline of computer viruses and worms Comparison of computer viruses Malware...
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    attacks. Virus writers use social engineering deceptions and exploit detailed knowledge of security vulnerabilities to initially infect systems and to spread...
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  • Shellcode (category Injection exploits)
    integrated reporting features. Alphanumeric code Computer security Buffer overflow Exploit (computer security) Heap overflow Metasploit Project Shell (computing)...
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  • various companies that provide computer security services, develop computer security software or resell software exploits. ADF Solutions Altor Networks...
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  • a malicious payload to a victim's computer. According to Trend Micro the majority of infections due to this exploit kit were done in a series of high...
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  • Row hammer (category Computer security exploits)
    Rowhammer (also written as row hammer or RowHammer) is a computer security exploit that takes advantage of an unintended and undesirable side effect in...
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  • Penetration test (category Computer network security)
    pentest, is an authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system, performed to evaluate the security of the system; this is not to be confused with a...
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    execution of the attack. The worm spreads by exploiting a buffer overflow discovered by the Polish security research group Last Stage of Delirium in the...
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