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312-50V12 · Question #101
In an attempt to damage the reputation of a competitor organization, Hailey, a professional hacker, gathers a list of employee and client email addresses and other related information by using…
The correct answer is B. CeWL. CeWL (Custom Word List generator) is a ruby app which spiders a given URL, up to a specified depth, and returns a list of words which can then be used for password crackers such as John the
Submitted by the_admin· Mar 4, 2026Reconnaissance Techniques
Question
In an attempt to damage the reputation of a competitor organization, Hailey, a professional hacker, gathers a list of employee and client email addresses and other related information by using various search engines, social networking sites, and web spidering tools. In this process, she also uses an automated tool to gather a list of words from the target website to further perform a brute-force attack on the previously gathered email addresses. What is the tool used by Hailey for gathering a list of words from the target website?
Options
- AShadowsocks
- BCeWL
- CPsiphon
- DOrbot
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- B94% (31)
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Explanation
CeWL (Custom Word List generator) is a ruby app which spiders a given URL, up to a specified depth, and returns a list of words which can then be used for password crackers such as John the
Topics
#Information gathering#Wordlist generation#Brute-force attack#CeWL
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