This type of attack may cause additional damage by sending data containing codes designed to trigger specific actions - for example, changing data or disclosing confidential information.

Related MCQs

• This is a compromised Web site that is being used as an attack launch point in a denialof-service attack.
• In what type of attack does an intruder manipulate a URL in such a way that the Web server executes or reveals the contents of a file anywhere on the server, including those lying outside the document root directory?
• This is a type of network security attack in which the intruder takes control of a communication between two entities and masquerades as one of them.
• This is an attack on a computer system that takes advantage of a particular vulnerability that the system offers to intruders.
• This is the modification of personal information on a Web user's computer to gain unauthorized information with which to obtain access to the user's existing accounts.
• This is a mechanism for ensuring that only authorized users can copy or use specific software applications.
• This type of intrusion relies on the intruder's ability to trick people into breaking normal security procedures.
• This enables users of a basically unsecure public network such as the Internet to securely and privately exchange data and money through the use of a public and a private cryptographic key pair that is obtained and shared through a trusted authority.
• In which of the following exploits does an attacker add SQL code to a Web form input box to gain access to resources or make changes to data?
• This is the encryption algorithm that will begin to supplant the Data Encryption Standard (DES) - and later Triple DES - over the next few years as the new standard encryption algorithm.