Attacks and Vulnerabilities

This lecture will briefly describe some common attacks, vulnerabilities and their relation.

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Recommended Reading

One of:

• Segurança em Redes Informáticas, A. Zúquete, Chap. 4 & 5
• Security in Computing, 6th edition, Charles Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lizzie Coles-Kemp, Chap. 1

Relevant References

• Zero-day attack (or exploit)
• CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) @ Wiki
• CVE @ MITRE
• CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)
• OWASP: Open Web Application Security Project
• OWASP Top 10