situation. 2. What is a cross-site scripting attack? Explain in your own words. Cross-site scripting is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications that enables attacks to inject client side script into web pages viewed by others 3. What is a reflective cross-site scripting attack? A reflective attack a type of computer security vulnerability it involves the web application dynamically generating a response using non-sanitized data from the client scripts‚ like Java
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1. What are some common risks‚ and vulnerabilities commonly found in the System/Application Domain that must be mitigated with proper security countermeasures? Unauthorized access to data centers‚ computer rooms and wiring closets‚ servers must be shut down occasionally for maintenance causing network downtime‚ data can be easily lost or corrupt and recovering critical business functions may take too long to be useful. 2. If your company makes software to accept credit card payments‚ what standard
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hack into a system‚ you must decide what your goals are. Are you hacking to put the system down‚ gaining sensitive data‚ breaking into the system and taking the ’root’ access‚ screwing up the system by formatting everything in it‚ discovering vulnerabilities & see how you can exploit them‚ etc ... ? The point is that you have to decide what the goal is first. The most common goals are: 1. Breaking into the system & taking the admin privileges. 2. Gaining sensitive data‚ such as credit cards
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Technical Paper: Risk Assessment Global Finance‚ Inc. Network Diagram Above is the Global Finance‚ Inc. (GFI) network diagram. GFI has grown rapidly this past year and acquired many network devices as displayed in the diagram. The company invested in the network and designed it to be fault tolerant and resilient from any network failures. However‚ although the company’s financial status has matured and its network has expanded at a rapid pace‚ its network security has not kept up with the company
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and some simple command strings to identify the IP target host and its known vulnerabilities and exploits‚ and then attack the Web application and Web server using cross-site scripting (XSS) and an SQL injection to exploit the sample Web application running on that server. Learning Objectives Upon completing this lab‚ you will be able to: 3. Identify Web application and Web server backend database vulnerabilities as viable attack vectors 4. Develop an attack plan to compromise and exploit
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exist‚ rather than noted as a potential vulnerability. This platform runs payloads‚ shellcode‚ and remote shells--you will actually penetrate the target. Servers can and will crash! Nessus -Tenable Network Security offers Nessus as a free scanner for non-commercial use‚ with a subscription license required for commercial organizations. Nessus has long been a favorite vulnerability scanner for people due to its speed‚ accuracy‚ and depth. Large vulnerability libraries can mean long times for scans
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WHAT IS WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITY? Vulnerability in relation to web application is any weakness or flaw that an attacker can use as a link point in order to have access to the application and its underlying layers so as to compromise the information assurance. Vulnerability can best be described as the conjunction of these three things – first‚ the weakness or susceptibility of the web application‚ accessibility of the weakness by the attacker‚ and the attacker’s ability to exploit the weakness
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certification and accreditation (C&A) of <System Name> under DHHS Information Security Program Policy. This Risk Assessment Report‚ in conjunction with the System Security Plan‚ assesses the use of resources and controls to eliminate and/or manage vulnerabilities that are exploitable by threats internal and external to CDC. The successful completion of the C&A process results in a formal Authorization to Operate of <System Name>. The scope of this risk assessment effort was limited to the security controls
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malicious attacks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities impact an IT infrastructure. Key Concepts Attacks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities in a typical IT infrastructure Common security countermeasures typically found in an IT infrastructure Risk assessment approach to securing an IT infrastructure Risk mitigation strategies to shrink the information security gap Reading Kim and Solomon‚ Chapter 3: Malicious Attacks‚ Threats‚ and Vulnerabilities. Kim and Solomon‚ Chapter
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items that should be addressed by management. This is sample data for demonstration and discussion purposes only Page 2 DETAILED ASSESSMENT 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of the risk assessment was to identify threats and vulnerabilities related to the Department of Motor Vehicles – Motor Vehicle Registration Online System (“MVROS”). The risk assessment will be utilized to identify risk mitigation plans related to MVROS. The MVROS was identified as a potential high-risk system
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