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You are called in to assist the police in an investigation involving a suspected drug dealer. The police searched the suspect house after aYou are called in to assist the police in an investigation…
The correct answer is B. Brute force and dictionary attack. Brute force attack systematically attempts every possible combination of characters until the correct password is found. It is exhaustive but guaranteed to succeed given enough time and computing power. A dictionary attack uses a pre-compiled list of common words, phrases, and…
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You are called in to assist the police in an investigation involving a suspected drug dealer. The police searched the suspect house after aYou are called in to assist the police in an investigation involving a suspected drug dealer. The police searched the suspect? house after a warrant was obtained and they located a floppy disk in the suspect bedroom. The disk contains several files, but they appear to be passwordwarrant was obtained and they located a floppy disk in the suspect? bedroom. The disk contains several files, but they appear to be password protected. What are two common methods used by password cracking software that you could use to obtain the password?
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- ALimited force and library attack
- BBrute force and dictionary attack
- CMaximum force and thesaurus attack
- DMinimum force and appendix attack
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A7% (3)
- B88% (37)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
Brute force attack systematically attempts every possible combination of characters until the correct password is found. It is exhaustive but guaranteed to succeed given enough time and computing power. A dictionary attack uses a pre-compiled list of common words, phrases, and known passwords to attempt matches - it is much faster than brute force when users choose weak or common passwords. These are the two most widely recognized and implemented password recovery techniques in forensic tools. The other options (limited force, library attack, thesaurus attack, appendix attack) are not recognized password cracking methodologies.
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