Types of Attack on a system

 Types of attack on a system:

 

Operation System Attacks: 

• Attackers search for vulnerabilities in an operating system's design, installation or configuration and exploit them to gain access to a system
• OS vulnerabilities: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities, bugs in operating system, unpatched operating system, etc.

Misconfiguration Attacks:  

• Misconfiguration vulnerabilities affect web servers, application platforms, database, network, or frameworks that may result in illegal access or possible owning of the system. 

Application Level Attacks: 

• Attackers exploit the vulnerabilities in applications running on organizations information system to gain unauthorized access and steal or manipulated data.  
  
• Application Level Attacks: Buffer overflow, cross-site scripting, SQL Injection, man in the middle, session hijacking, denial of service, etc.

Shrink-Wrap Code Attacks: 

• Attackers exploit default configuration and settings of the off-the-shelf libraries and code.

 

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