Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Smurf Attack?
A
denial of service attack in which a system is flooded with spoofed ping messages.
2
Q
Which of the following is an attack that seeks to attack a website, based on the website’s trust of an authenticated user?
A
CSRF
3
Q
When a web application, under certain conditions, can generate a memory leak. What, type of attack would this leave the application vulnerable to?
A
DoS
4
Q
What is Cross-site scripting?
A
Cross-site scripting is an attack on the user that is based on the user trusting the website
5
Q
What is Cross-site request forgery?
A
Cross-site request forgery is an attack on the website that is based on the website trusting the user.
