Q. What is the ultimate goal of security in computer systems?

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Q. How does reversing relate to maintaining control of the flow of information on a system?

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Q. What is the first level in which installing a software product entrusts a computer and its data to that program?

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Q. How can a simple bug in a software product put a system in jeopardy?

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Q. What is a vulnerability?

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Q. How do vulnerabilities typically start?

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Q. What is the basic idea behind exploiting a vulnerability?

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Q. What is the easiest objective when exploiting a vulnerability?

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Q. What level of sophistication is required to take control of a program?

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Q. How can vulnerabilities put entire networks at risk?

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Q. What are stack overflows?

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Q. Which programming languages are particularly susceptible to stack overflow vulnerabilities?

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Q. How are stack overflow vulnerabilities created?

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Q. Why do stack variables always have a fixed size?

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Q. What can happen if a program neglects to verify that received data fits into the stack buffer before copying it?

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Q. What are stack overflows and why are they popular?

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Q. How can a simple stack overflow vulnerability be created?

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Q. What can happen when a buffer of an unknown size is copied over into a limited-sized stack buffer?

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Q. What can be overwritten if the copied buffer is long enough in a function that defines the following local variables: int counter; char string[8]; float number;?

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Q. What happens if the copied buffer overwrites the function’s return address?

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