CISSP Crash Course - Secure Coding Guidelines

The video covers secure coding practices, highlighting common software vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, back doors, and injection attacks. It explains cross-site scripting and request forgery, and provides mitigation strategies like input validation and using firewalls. The importance of API security and best practices for secure coding, including error handling and memory management, are also discussed.

What is a buffer overflow and how can it affect an application?

• It is a technique used to speed up data processing in applications.

• It is when an application runs out of disk space, causing it to crash.

• It occurs when input exceeds the allocated memory space, potentially leading to application crashes.

• It is a method of optimizing memory usage in applications.

Which of the following is a characteristic of stored cross-site scripting?

• It only affects the user who clicks the malicious link.

• It is a type of SQL injection.

• It is stored in a database and can affect multiple users.

• It is executed immediately upon clicking a link.

How does cross-site request forgery exploit a user's session?

• By directly accessing the user's device.

• By stealing the user's password through phishing.

• By tricking the user into sending unauthorized requests while logged in.

• By injecting malicious code into the user's browser.

What is the primary goal of session hijacking?

• To log out users from their sessions.

• To improve the performance of a web application.

• To capture and use a user's session data for unauthorized access.

• To encrypt user data for security purposes.

Which practice helps prevent SQL injection attacks?

• Disabling all user inputs.

• Implementing parameterized queries or stored procedures.

• Storing sensitive data in cookies.

• Using plain text passwords.

Why is it important to avoid hardcoding secrets in source code?

• It makes the code run faster.

• It prevents unauthorized access if the code is decompiled.

• It reduces the size of the application.

• It helps in debugging the application.

What is a key consideration for API security?

• Storing API keys in plain text files.

• Using API keys for authentication and protecting them.

• Allowing unrestricted access to all users.

• Ensuring APIs are only accessible through a GUI.