DEFINING MOMENTS

Test your knowledge of tech terms.

Pour a quart of juice into an eight-ounce glass and most of the juice will end up on the counter. Similarly, when more information comes into a computer program’s temporary data-storage area than was meant to fit, some of that data will spill over and could corrupt or even overwrite the data in adjoining areas. Savvy attackers use this flaw to gain access to systems or destroy data. What are these attacks called?

Hint: The first word rhymes with slang for golfer; to get the second word, think of what happens to the juice in the eight-ounce glass.

Answer: Buffer Overflow