TICSA TruSecure™ ICSA Certified Security Associate Exam TU0-001

Chapter Summary

This chapter discussed the wide range of threats that face modern computer networks, countermeasures to reduce the risk these vulnerabilities pose, and proper procedures to follow when countermeasures fail and a computer-security incident takes place.

KEY TERMS boot virus bounds checking buffer chain of evidence crack Dumpster diving encrypted virus file virus fragment incident Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) land logic bomb macro virus ping polymorphic virus rootkit signature analysis Smurf social engineering spoofing stealth virus SYN flood Trojan horse virus worm

• Malicious code objects are deliberately programmed threats, such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses that attack computer systems and networks.

• Buffer overflows result when hackers ...