Buffer Overflow Attacks
For more details on this topic, see Buffer overflow.A buffer overflow is an attack that could be used by a cracker to get full system access through various methods by essentially cracking a computer using brute force. Most security applications and suites are incapable of adequate defense against these kinds of attacks.
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