CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide, Third Edition (Exam SY0-501), 3rd Edition

Chapter 4

Types of Attacks

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

4.01     Understanding Social Engineering

4.02     Identifying Network Attacks

4.03     Looking at Password Attacks

4.04     Understanding Application Attacks

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One of the most exciting topics to learn about for your Security+ certification exam is the different types of attacks that hackers use to compromise systems and networks. This chapter is important for the Security+ exam, but is also important for your use in the real world. To understand how to better ...