Most cyber-attacks happen because vulnerabilities in system or application software. buffer overflow, sql injection, code/os command injection, cross-site scripting (xss), cross-site request forgery and race conditions are very common vulnerabilities. Explain what a specific vulnerability is, describe a famous attack that leveraged it (for example, the morris worm leveraged the buffer overflow vulnerability), and how it can be prevented/minimized.

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Specific vulnerability is when someone a group of people or an organization plots to cyberattack a p... View the full answer