Chapter 5. Attacks

This chapter covers the following official CompTIA Security+ Certification exam objectives:

Analyze and differentiate among types of malware

Analyze and differentiate among types of attacks

Analyze and differentiate among types of social engineering attacks

Analyze and differentiate among types of wireless attacks

Analyze and differentiate among types of application attacks

(For more information on the official CompTIA Security+ Certification exam topics, see the “About the CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam” section in the Introduction.)

Because networks today have become so complex and mobile, they have many points of entry. These various points can all be vulnerable, leaving an intruder many points of access. ...

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