CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide, Fourth Edition (Exam SY0-601), 4th Edition

Chapter 15

Application Attacks and Security

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

15.01     Understanding Application Attacks

15.02     Secure Application Development Concepts

15.03     Implement Host and Application Security

✓     Two-Minute Drill

Q&A     Self Test

For many years, systems and networks were being compromised through some of the different network attacks you’ve learned about in Chapter 4, such as cracking passwords with dictionary attacks or brute-force attacks. Those are still important attack types to be familiar with, but many of the attacks today that are used to compromise a system are attacks against the applications running on the system. This chapter gives you background into how systems are being hacked through the software applications ...