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An attempt to exploit a weakness in a system, either for nefarious or research reasons. Questions with this tag should be about designing, carrying out, or defending against the attack itself, rather than about the underlying weakness.

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How to exploit HTTP Methods

Many security scanners like nikto, nessus, nmap, and w3af sometimes show that certain HTTP Methods like HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, OPTIONS, CONNECT, etc are vulnerable to attack. What do the …
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What is a DoS Attack and how does it differ from a DDoS attack?

A DOS is from a single attacking address. A DDOS is usual from multiple locations which are primarily caused by botnets or an angry internet.
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What type of attacks can be used vs MongoDB?

What other type of attacks can be leveraged against MongoDB? …
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