A Software Developer Is Concerned About DLL Hijacking in an Application

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Multiple Choice

A software developer is concerned about DLL hijacking in an application being written. Which of the following is the MOST viable mitigation measure of this type of attack?

• A) The DLL of each application should be set individually
• B) All calls to different DLLs should be hard-coded in the application
• C) Access to DLLs from the Windows registry should be disabled
• D) The affected DLLs should be renamed to avoid future hijacking

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Definitions:

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