Chapter 2 Intro to Cyber

When a malicious application accesses memory allocated to other processes

• Access Control Problems

• Race Conditions

• Buffer Overflow

• Weakness in Security Practices

Data coming into a program with malicious content, designed to force the program to behave in an unintended way

• Race conditions

• non-validated input

• weakness in security practices

• Buffer Overflow

Incorrectly regulating who does what and what they can do with resources

• Race Conditions

• Access Control Problems

• Buffer Overflow

• Non-validated input

When developers attempt to create their own security applications

• Access Control Problems

• Buffer Overflow

• Race Conditions

• Weakness in Security Practices

When the output of an event depends on ordered or timed outputs

• Race Conditions

• Weakness in Security Practices

• Buffer Overflow

• Access Control Problems

Malware designed to automatically perform action, usually online

• Bot

• Worm

• MitMo

• Virus

Malicious code that replicates itself by independently exploiting vulnerabilities in networks

• worm

• spyware

• scareware

• adware

Malware used to take control over a mobile device

• worm

• Mitmo

• Adware

• Virus

Malware that carries out malicious operations under the guise of a desired operation

• Worm

• Spyware

• Virus

• Trojan Horse

Malware designed to hold a computer system or the data it contains captive until a payment is made.

• Spyware

• Virus

• Ransomware

• Bot