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• Exploit
  *[[Exploit (computer security)]] *[[Exploits River]], the longest river on the island of Newfoundland
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• Hardening (computing)
  {{Short description|Process of increasing the security of a system}} In [[computer security]], '''hardening''' is usually the process of securing a system by reducing
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• BTI
  ...arget Identification]], an AMD technology for mitigating computer security exploits; * [[Branch Target Injection]] or Spectre variant 2, a security vulnerability
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• Login spoofing
  |title=A Practical Introduction to Enterprise Network and Security Management |title=CSE 380 Computer Operating Systems
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• Reflection attack
  ...to trick the target into providing the answer to its own challenge.<ref>''Computer Networks'' by [[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]], 4th edition, {{ISBN|0-13-038488-7}}, ...<ref>[[Ross J. Anderson]]: <cite>[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems]</cite>, 1s
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• Exec Shield
  ...n Linux systems. The first result of the project was a [[computer security|security]] patch for the [[Linux (kernel)|Linux kernel]] that emulates an [[NX bit]] ...non-writeable. This suppresses many [[Exploit (computer science)|security exploits]], such as those stemming from [[buffer overflow]]s and other techniques re
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• Sir Dystic
  {{Short description|Computer hacker}} ...ber/articles/04hacker.html Hacker Group Says Program Can Exploit Microsoft Security Hole]," ''[[New York Times]]'' 4 August 1998. Retrieved 24 April 2007.</ref
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• Heap overflow
  ...cation to overwrite internal structures such as [[linked list]] [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointers]]. The canonical heap overflow technique overwrites d ...buffer that is assumed to be freed will be expected to hold two [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointers]] FD and BK in the first 8 bytes of the formerly allo
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• Exploit (computer security)
  {{Short description|Method of attack on computer systems}} ...applications]], [[Computer network|networks]], [[operating systems]], or [[Computer hardware|hardware]], typically for malicious purposes.
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• WinNuke
  ...Vista]] and newer Microsoft Operating Systems are immune to both of these exploits. ...rce code being widely used and distributed, Microsoft was forced to create security patches, which were released a few weeks later. For a time, numerous flavo
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• Memory corruption
  '''Memory corruption''' occurs in a [[computer program]] when the contents of a [[Memory address|memory location]] are mod ...[C++]] have powerful features of explicit memory management and [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointer arithmetic]]. These features are designed for developi
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• Script kiddie
  {{Computer hacking}} ....<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Arifgoğlu |first=Saliha Figen |title=Information security, privacy issues and an application |date=1988 |publisher=Middle East Techni
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• Remote Shell
  ...s as another [[User (computing)|user]], and on another computer across a [[computer network]]. ...l-known ports|well-known]] [[Transmission Control Protocol]] (TCP) [[Port (computer networking)|port number]] 513.
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• Return-to-libc attack
  {{Short description|Computer security attack}} A '''"return-to-libc" attack''' is a [[computer security]] attack usually starting with a [[buffer overflow]] in which a subroutine
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• Speculative execution
  {{short description|Computer optimization technique}} ...is an [[optimization (computer science)|optimization]] technique where a [[computer system]] performs some task that may not be needed. Work is done before it
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• Uncontrolled format string
  ...exploit]]s.<ref name="CWE134"/> Originally thought harmless, format string exploits can be used to [[Crash (computing)|crash]] a program or to execute harmful ...exploits for other software using this method began to surface. The first exploits that brought the issue to common awareness (by providing remote root access
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• Null character
  ...unctuation)|space]]). When electromechanical [[teleprinter]]s were used as computer output devices, one or more null characters were sent at the end of each pr ...ing contexts that uses a null character to indicate the end of a [[string (computer science)|string]].<ref>"A ''string'' is a contiguous sequence of characters
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• Wardialing
  {{Short description|Computer security attack via dial-up modems}} ...ry-point into computer or other electronic systems. It may also be used by security personnel, for example, to detect unauthorized devices, such as modems or f
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• Agobot
  {{Short description|Family of botnet computer worms}} '''Agobot''', also frequently known as '''Gaobot''', is a family of [[computer worm]]s. Axel "Ago" Gembe, a German programmer also known for leaking [[Hal
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• SonicWall
  | industry = [[Network security]], [[security appliance]]s, [[Internet security]], [[WAN optimization]] ...rewall]]; [[VPN]]; [[wireless security]]; [[SD-WAN]]; zero-trust security; security appliance filtering [[e-mail spam|spam]], [[spyware]], [[viruses]] and othe
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