This kind of password cracking method uses word lists in combination with numbers and special characters:

The hybrid attack systematically mutates dictionary words with numeric suffixes, prefixes, or special character substitutions (e.g., turning 'password' into 'Password1!'), allowing it to crack passwords that defeat a pure dictionary attack but follow predictable modification patterns.

Linear is not a recognized password cracking methodology and does not describe any technique that combines word lists with character sets.

Symmetric refers to a cryptographic key model where the same key encrypts and decrypts data, and has no relation to password cracking strategy.

Brute force exhaustively tries every possible character combination without using a word list as a base, making it fundamentally different from the hybrid approach.