Chapter 11Buffer Overflows, Viruses, and Worms

This Chapter helps you prepare for the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Exam by covering the following EC-Council objectives, which buffer overflows and malicious code. You will need to know specific items such as

Understand the types of buffer overflows

Image Stack smashing and heap-based buffer overflows are the two types of buffer overflows.

Understand the skills required to launch buffer overflow attacks

Image This includes knowledge of programming and knowledge of the program’s key parameters. ...

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