COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
COMPUTER VIRUSES MALWARE AND HACKING
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What is Buffer Overflow?
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a form of computer hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into a DNS resolver’s cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect IP address, which results in diverting traffic to the attacker’s computer
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an anomaly where a program, while writing data to a buffer, overruns the buffer’s boundary and overwrites adjacent memory locations.
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The overflow of butter on a kitchen counter or other surface.
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A type of Adware.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process attempts to write more data to a fixed-length block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold. Buffers contain a defined amount of data; any extra data will overwrite data values in memory addresses adjacent to the destination buffer.
Detailed explanation-2: -A buffer overflow, or buffer overrun, occurs when more data is put into a fixed-length buffer than the buffer can handle. The extra information, which has to go somewhere, can overflow into adjacent memory space, corrupting or overwriting the data held in that space.
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