SY0-601 Videos

Bluetooth technology is now quite robust and secure, but it wasn’t always that way. In this video, you’ll learn about unwanted Bluejacking messages and how attackers were able to retrieve information from your phone with Bluesnarfing. << Previous Video: Rogue Access Points and Evil Twins Next: Wireless Disassociation Attacks >> Bluejacking is an attacker sending …

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An unwanted wireless access point can be a significant security concern. In this video, you’ll learn about rogue access points, evil twins, and how to prevent or limit the use these wireless technologies. << Previous Video: Other Application Attacks Next: Bluejacking and Bluesnarfing >> A rogue access point is an access point that has been …

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There are many options available for the knowledgeable attacker. In this video, you’ll learn about memory vulnerabilities, directory traversal, improper error handling, API attacks, and resource exhaustion. << Previous Video: Race Conditions Next: Rogue Access Points and Evil Twins >>     If an attacker can manipulate the memory of a device, then they can …

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Developers must plan for every possible contingency. In this video, you’ll learn how attackers can use race conditions to exploit applications and systems. << Previous Video: SSL Stripping Next: Other Application Attacks >> In today’s modern computing environments, there are a lot of different things all happening at the same time. And developers have to …

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An attacker might be able to perform an HTTP downgrade attack to view traffic that you assumed was encrypted. In this video, you’ll learn about SSL stripping and how attackers can use on-path attacks to manipulate the SSL negotiation process. << Previous Video: Driver Manipulation Next: Race Conditions >>     Attackers know that most …

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If they can’t infect your application, an attacker might try infecting your drivers. In this video, you’ll learn about driver manipulation and how shimming and refactoring can be used to exploit your operating system. << Previous Video: Request Forgeries Next: SSL Stripping >>     The anti-virus and anti-malware software that we run on our …

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An attacker can take advantage of legitimate cross-site requests and turn them into a malicious exploit. In this video, you’ll learn about cross-site request forgeries and server-side request forgeries. << Previous Video: Replay Attacks Next: Driver Manipulation >>     In this video, we’re going to talk a lot about cross site request. This is …

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A replay attack can allow an attacker to access an account without the use of login credentials. In this video, you’ll learn about different replay attacks and how to prevent them. << Previous Video: Buffer Overflows Next: Request Forgeries >>     The communication that we send from our computer to other devices on the …

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A vulnerable application can allow memory buffers to be manipulated by a crafty attacker. In this video, you’ll learn about buffer overflow vulnerabilities and how they can be used by an attacker. << Previous Video: Injection Attacks Next: Replay Attacks >>     A buffer overflow attack occurs when one section of memory is able …

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An injection attack can be used to add or remove information from a data stream. In this video, you’ll learn about SQL injection, XML injection, DLL injection, and more. << Previous Video: Cross-site Scripting Next: Buffer Overflows >>     A code injection attack is when the attacker puts their own code into an existing …

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