What are two types of buffer overflow attacks?

Stack overflow attack - This is the most common sort of buffer overflow attack, in which a buffer on the call stack* is overflowed. Heap overflow attack – This sort of attack targets data in the heap*, which is an open memory pool.

Course Content

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

7m 23s

Overview of Ethical Hacking

9m 5s

Key Terminologies - Part 1

14m 4s

Key Terminologies - Part 2

11m 52s

Key Terminologies - Part 3

5m 42s

Key Terminologies - Part 4

10m 16s

Common Cyber Attacks

22m 26s

Operating System Cyber Attacks

23m 6s

Types of Hackers

18m 57s

Introduction to Linux & Kernel

6m 38s

File Securing Techniques

24m 29s

Setting up a Hacking Lab using Kali Linux - Part 1

12m 15s

Setting up a Hacking Lab using Kali Linux - Part 2

22m 52s

Setting up a Hacking Lab using Metasploit

18m 13s

Basic Linux commands in Linux

12m 7s

File commands in Linux

18m 56s

Folder commands in Linux

16m 10s

Shell commands in Linux

14m 42s

Linux Directories

13m 27s

Assignment : Introduction to Ethical Hacking

2m 24s

Key Terminologies in Ethical Hacking

11m 47s

Overview of Vulnerabilities

4m 31s

Phases of Ethical Hacking

8m 53s

Introduction to Footprinting

21m 49s

Eavesdropping Attack

6m 19s

Overview of Nmap

20m 34s

Nmap Scanning Methods - Part 1

28m 33s

Nmap Scanning Methods - Part 2

32m 14s

Assignment : Ethical Hacking Phases

2m 47s

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

15m 7s

Introduction to IP Addressing

13m 31s

IPv4 Addresses

15m 22s

IPv6 Addresses

7m 12s

IP Address Detection

7m 19s

Ping Requests and Ping Sweep

30m 15s

Traceroute

4m 47s

Common Nmap Commands - Part 1

15m 47s

Common Nmap Commands - Part 2

21m 29s

ARP Spoofing Overview

10m 30s

ARP Spoofing Demo

16m 23s

IP Spoofing Overview

4m 50s

IP Spoofing Demo

9m 41s

MAC Flooding

6m 12s

DNS Enumeration - 1

12m 20s

DNS Enumeration - 2

21m 29s

VLAN Hopping Part - 1

8m 3s

VLAN Hopping Part - 2

4m 31s

Countermeasures against Network Securities Attack

3m 2s

Assignment : Hacking and IP Addresses

1m 37s

Introduction to Routing Terminologies

15m 59s

Ports - I

14m 8s

Ports - II

8m 6s

Virtual Port Numbers

10m 10s

Port Scanning

10m 47s

Port Scanning with Zenmap Part -1

13m 39s

Port Scanning with Zenmap Part -2

8m 14s

Advanced Port Scanner

23m 14s

Countermeasures to Prevent Port Scanning

2m 45s

Wireshark Part 1

2m 37s

Wireshark Part 2

11m 53s

Assignment : Hacking and Ports

1m 9s

Domain Name Servers

11m 4s

Top Level Domain

11m 50s

Second Level Domain

4m 36s

Domain Name Server Record

8m 39s

Domain Name Server Request

16m 22s

Domain Registration Process - Part 1

14m 11s

Domain Registration Process - Part 2

8m 42s

Generic Top Level Domain Lifecycle

8m 32s

DHCP Starvation Attack

11m 32s

Data Tapping

17m 9s

Assignment : Hacking and Domain Name Servers

1m 32s

Introduction to User Identification

5m 23s

Identity Attacks

5m 23s

Anonymous Browsing

15m 17s

Virtual Private Networks

10m 4s

Types of Virtual Private Networks

13m 8s

Virtual Private Network Protocols

20m 12s

IP Proxy

10m 38s

Proxy Bouncing

9m 20s

Add-ons for Web Browsers

7m 37s

TOR Browser

12m 35s

MAC Spoofing

13m 59s

Introduction to Steganography

4m 14s

Steganography Demo

14m 17s

Email Steganography Demo

4m 37s

Audio Steganography Demo

7m 47s

Assignment : Anonymous Browsing and Stegeganography

2m 4s

Basics of Email ID

14m 11s

Email Vulnerabilities Part 1

8m 2s

Email Vulnerabilities Part 2

8m 2s

Email Protocols

13m 22s

Email Spoofing Overview

4m 49s

Email Spoofing Demo

6m 26s

Email Spamming

11m 15s

Email Harvesting

16m 39s

Email Headers

4m 18s

Countermeasures to Prevent Email Hacking

2m 49s

Assignment : Hacking and Emails

2m 1s

Introduction to Malware

12m 26s

Types of Malware

17m 14s

Introduction to Viruses

6m 47s

Virus Demo

12m 7s

Trojan

5m 45s

Trojan Demo

7m 18s

Keyloggers - I

9m 36s

Keyloggers - II

10m 19s

Creating Bat Files

6m 42s

Countermeasures to Prevent Malware Attacks

4m 7s

Assignment : Hacking and Malwares

2m 22s

Introduction to Password Cracking

4m 7s

Password Cracking Techniques

10m 34s

Dictionary Attacks - BruteForce

8m 36s

Linux Tools for Password Cracking

4m 21s

Countermeasures

4m 38s

Assignment : Hacking and Password Cracking

1m 54s

Packet Sniffing - Part 1

9m 28s

Packet Sniffing - Part 2

10m 56s

TCP Dump

23m 26s

Assignment : Hacking and Sniffing

1m 12s

Introduction to Phishing

17m 48s

Phishing Techniques

27m 50s

How to Create a Phished Page

7m 48s

Phishing Practical - Part 1

14m 16s

Phishing Practical - Part 2

16m 18s

Phishing Practical - Part 3

16m 24s

Reporting Phishing Incidents

3m 20s

Countermeasures

6m 30s

Assignment : Hacking and Phishing

57s

Overview

1m 33s

Buffer Overflow

10m 31s

Denial of Service Attack

10m 13s

Distributed Denial of Service Attack

6m 24s

Zero Day Attack

4m 2s

Social Engineering Attack

4m 27s

Honeypot

17m 15s

XSS Exploits Part 1

13m 23s

XSS Exploits Part 2

11m 51s

Salami Attack

6m 28s

Botnet

11m 3s

DOM XSS Exploits

14m 50s

Assignment : Coding Attacks

2m 31s

Overview of Website Hacking

3m 20s

Google Dorking

43m 27s

Hacking Admin Panel on Websites

20m 47s

SQL Injection Basics Part 1

2m 59s

SQL Injection Basics Part 2

16m 17s

Blind SQL - Part 1

5m 19s

Blind SQL - Part 2

11m 9s

XML Injection

14m 24s

DVWA with Linux

27m 51s

DVWA with Windows

15m 39s

Server Side Request Forgery

32m 19s

Website Exploits

18m 9s

Malware Analysis

17m 37s

Hacking Websites with Burp - 1

14m 8s

Hacking Websites with Burp - 2

33m 25s

Session Fixation Attack

20m

CSRF Attack

14m 19s

CAPTCHA Exploits

23m 23s

Bypassing Cross Origin Resource Sharing - 1

7m 12s

Bypassing Cross Origin Resource Sharing - 2

12m 37s

Heartbleed Attack

22m 32s

XML Attack

9m 8s

File Upload Attacks

17m 17s

Assignment : Website Hacking

2m 10s

Assignment : Website Hacking

2m 31s

Hacking Mobile Devices

25m 18s

Android Web View Exploits

4m 44s

OWASP Vulnerabilities

7m 50s

Windows Hacking

10m 29s

Assignment : Mobile Hacking

2m 9s

Introduction to Cyber Crime

3m 43s

The 419 Scam

4m 7s

Assignment : Reporting Cyber Crimes

34s

Introduction to Cyber Laws

5m 33s

Cyber laws

10m 57s

Cyber Crime Portals Part 1

2m 17s

Cyber Crime Portals Part 2

14m 32s

Cyber Crime Portals Part 3

10m 45s

Chain of Custody

4m 23s

Incident Response-1

5m 50s

Incident Response-2

5m 36s

ITA 2000 and 2008

8m 29s

Trademark Infringement

9m 45s

Copyright Infringement

6m 26s

Indian Regulators for Cyber Security

12m 32s

Central Act and State Act

5m 6s

Assignment : Cyber Laws

1m 43s

Course Summary

5m 45s

Interview Questions

27m 31s

Career Guideline

3m 5s

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Course Content

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

7m 23s

Overview of Ethical Hacking

9m 5s

Key Terminologies - Part 1

14m 4s

Key Terminologies - Part 2

11m 52s

Key Terminologies - Part 3

5m 42s

Key Terminologies - Part 4

10m 16s

Common Cyber Attacks

22m 26s

Operating System Cyber Attacks

23m 6s

Types of Hackers

18m 57s

Introduction to Linux & Kernel

6m 38s

File Securing Techniques

24m 29s

Setting up a Hacking Lab using Kali Linux - Part 1

12m 15s

Setting up a Hacking Lab using Kali Linux - Part 2

22m 52s

Setting up a Hacking Lab using Metasploit

18m 13s

Basic Linux commands in Linux

12m 7s

File commands in Linux

18m 56s

Folder commands in Linux

16m 10s

Shell commands in Linux

14m 42s

Linux Directories

13m 27s

Assignment : Introduction to Ethical Hacking

2m 24s

Key Terminologies in Ethical Hacking

11m 47s

Overview of Vulnerabilities

4m 31s

Phases of Ethical Hacking

8m 53s

Introduction to Footprinting

21m 49s

Eavesdropping Attack

6m 19s

Overview of Nmap

20m 34s

Nmap Scanning Methods - Part 1

28m 33s

Nmap Scanning Methods - Part 2

32m 14s

Assignment : Ethical Hacking Phases

2m 47s

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

15m 7s

Introduction to IP Addressing

13m 31s

IPv4 Addresses

15m 22s

IPv6 Addresses

7m 12s

IP Address Detection

7m 19s

Ping Requests and Ping Sweep

30m 15s

Traceroute

4m 47s

Common Nmap Commands - Part 1

15m 47s

Common Nmap Commands - Part 2

21m 29s

ARP Spoofing Overview

10m 30s

ARP Spoofing Demo

16m 23s

IP Spoofing Overview

4m 50s

IP Spoofing Demo

9m 41s

MAC Flooding

6m 12s

DNS Enumeration - 1

12m 20s

DNS Enumeration - 2

21m 29s

VLAN Hopping Part - 1

8m 3s

VLAN Hopping Part - 2

4m 31s

Countermeasures against Network Securities Attack

3m 2s

Assignment : Hacking and IP Addresses

1m 37s

Introduction to Routing Terminologies

15m 59s

Ports - I

14m 8s

Ports - II

8m 6s

Virtual Port Numbers

10m 10s

Port Scanning

10m 47s

Port Scanning with Zenmap Part -1

13m 39s

Port Scanning with Zenmap Part -2

8m 14s

Advanced Port Scanner

23m 14s

Countermeasures to Prevent Port Scanning

2m 45s

Wireshark Part 1

2m 37s

Wireshark Part 2

11m 53s

Assignment : Hacking and Ports

1m 9s

Domain Name Servers

11m 4s

Top Level Domain

11m 50s

Second Level Domain

4m 36s

Domain Name Server Record

8m 39s

Domain Name Server Request

16m 22s

Domain Registration Process - Part 1

14m 11s

Domain Registration Process - Part 2

8m 42s

Generic Top Level Domain Lifecycle

8m 32s

DHCP Starvation Attack

11m 32s

Data Tapping

17m 9s

Assignment : Hacking and Domain Name Servers

1m 32s

Introduction to User Identification

5m 23s

Identity Attacks

5m 23s

Anonymous Browsing

15m 17s

Virtual Private Networks

10m 4s

Types of Virtual Private Networks

13m 8s

Virtual Private Network Protocols

20m 12s

IP Proxy

10m 38s

Proxy Bouncing

9m 20s

Add-ons for Web Browsers

7m 37s

TOR Browser

12m 35s

MAC Spoofing

13m 59s

Introduction to Steganography

4m 14s

Steganography Demo

14m 17s

Email Steganography Demo

4m 37s

Audio Steganography Demo

7m 47s

Assignment : Anonymous Browsing and Stegeganography

2m 4s

Basics of Email ID

14m 11s

Email Vulnerabilities Part 1

8m 2s

Email Vulnerabilities Part 2

8m 2s

Email Protocols

13m 22s

Email Spoofing Overview

4m 49s

Email Spoofing Demo

6m 26s

Email Spamming

11m 15s

Email Harvesting

16m 39s

Email Headers

4m 18s

Countermeasures to Prevent Email Hacking

2m 49s

Assignment : Hacking and Emails

2m 1s

Introduction to Malware

12m 26s

Types of Malware

17m 14s

Introduction to Viruses

6m 47s

Virus Demo

12m 7s

Trojan

5m 45s

Trojan Demo

7m 18s

Keyloggers - I

9m 36s

Keyloggers - II

10m 19s

Creating Bat Files

6m 42s

Countermeasures to Prevent Malware Attacks

4m 7s

Assignment : Hacking and Malwares

2m 22s

Introduction to Password Cracking

4m 7s

Password Cracking Techniques

10m 34s

Dictionary Attacks - BruteForce

8m 36s

Linux Tools for Password Cracking

4m 21s

Countermeasures

4m 38s

Assignment : Hacking and Password Cracking

1m 54s

Packet Sniffing - Part 1

9m 28s

Packet Sniffing - Part 2

10m 56s

TCP Dump

23m 26s

Assignment : Hacking and Sniffing

1m 12s

Introduction to Phishing

17m 48s

Phishing Techniques

27m 50s

How to Create a Phished Page

7m 48s

Phishing Practical - Part 1

14m 16s

Phishing Practical - Part 2

16m 18s

Phishing Practical - Part 3

16m 24s

Reporting Phishing Incidents

3m 20s

Countermeasures

6m 30s

Assignment : Hacking and Phishing

57s

Overview

1m 33s

Buffer Overflow

10m 31s

Denial of Service Attack

10m 13s

Distributed Denial of Service Attack

6m 24s

Zero Day Attack

4m 2s

Social Engineering Attack

4m 27s

Honeypot

17m 15s

XSS Exploits Part 1

13m 23s

XSS Exploits Part 2

11m 51s

Salami Attack

6m 28s

Botnet

11m 3s

DOM XSS Exploits

14m 50s

Assignment : Coding Attacks

2m 31s

Overview of Website Hacking

3m 20s

Google Dorking

43m 27s

Hacking Admin Panel on Websites

20m 47s

SQL Injection Basics Part 1

2m 59s

SQL Injection Basics Part 2

16m 17s

Blind SQL - Part 1

5m 19s

Blind SQL - Part 2

11m 9s

XML Injection

14m 24s

DVWA with Linux

27m 51s

DVWA with Windows

15m 39s

Server Side Request Forgery

32m 19s

Website Exploits

18m 9s

Malware Analysis

17m 37s

Hacking Websites with Burp - 1

14m 8s

Hacking Websites with Burp - 2

33m 25s

Session Fixation Attack

20m

CSRF Attack

14m 19s

CAPTCHA Exploits

23m 23s

Bypassing Cross Origin Resource Sharing - 1

7m 12s

Bypassing Cross Origin Resource Sharing - 2

12m 37s

Heartbleed Attack

22m 32s

XML Attack

9m 8s

File Upload Attacks

17m 17s

Assignment : Website Hacking

2m 10s

Assignment : Website Hacking

2m 31s

Hacking Mobile Devices

25m 18s

Android Web View Exploits

4m 44s

OWASP Vulnerabilities

7m 50s

Windows Hacking

10m 29s

Assignment : Mobile Hacking

2m 9s

Introduction to Cyber Crime

3m 43s

The 419 Scam

4m 7s

Assignment : Reporting Cyber Crimes

34s

Introduction to Cyber Laws

5m 33s

Cyber laws

10m 57s

Cyber Crime Portals Part 1

2m 17s

Cyber Crime Portals Part 2

14m 32s

Cyber Crime Portals Part 3

10m 45s

Chain of Custody

4m 23s

Incident Response-1

5m 50s

Incident Response-2

5m 36s

ITA 2000 and 2008

8m 29s

Trademark Infringement

9m 45s

Copyright Infringement

6m 26s

Indian Regulators for Cyber Security

12m 32s

Central Act and State Act

5m 6s

Assignment : Cyber Laws

1m 43s

Course Summary

5m 45s

Interview Questions

27m 31s

Career Guideline

3m 5s

FAQs

To obtain access to IT systems, an attacker might insert extra code and transmit new instructions to the programme. If an attacker knows a program's memory layout, they can deliberately feed input that the buffer can't store, and replace sections that contain executable code with their own code.

Buffer overflows are used by attackers to corrupt a web application's execution stack. An attacker can make a web application to run arbitrary code – effectively taking control of the machine – by passing carefully crafted information to it.

Stack overflow attack - This is the most common sort of buffer overflow attack, in which a buffer on the call stack* is overflowed.
Heap overflow attack – This sort of attack targets data in the heap*, which is an open memory pool.

The surplus data will then overflow into the adjacent buffer, overwriting its contents and allowing the attacker to alter the program's flow and carry out a code injection attack. Buffer overflows account for over 10,000 documented software vulnerabilities, with 23% of them being considered severe, according to MITRE.

All forms of software can be affected by buffer overflows. Malformed inputs or a failure to allocate enough buffer space are the most common causes. If the transaction overwrites executable code, the programme may perform erratically, resulting in inaccurate results, memory access issues, or even crashes.