Pro Cryptography and Cryptanalysis with C++20: Creating and Programming Advanced Algorithms

© Marius Iulian Mihailescu and Stefania Loredana Nita 2021

M. I. Mihailescu, S. L. NitaPro Cryptography and Cryptanalysis with C++20https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6586-4_21

21. Brute Force and Buffer Overflow Attacks

Marius Iulian Mihailescu¹   and Stefania Loredana Nita¹

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Bucharest, Romania

 

This chapter covers two important attacks, the buffer overflow attack and the brute force attack, which are frequently employed against C++ applications and programs.

A special category of attackers will use applications/programs or devices to launch brute force or buffer overflow attacks. Their methods evaluate different combinations of words for confirmation forms. In some cases, the attackers attempt to corrupt web applications through a scanning process ...