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
QQUESTIONS
Understanding different types of attacks is an important topic for any security professional in the workforce, but it is also important for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam, because you are sure to see questions related to different types of attacks on the exam.
Social engineering attacks involve the hacker contacting a person through e-mail, via a phone call, or in person, and trying to trick the person into compromising security. You also need to be familiar with the different types of network attacks, such as buffer ...
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