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312-50V12 · Question #226
As a certified ethical hacker, you are performing a system hacking process for a company that is suspicious about its security system. You found that the company's passwords are all known words, but n
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Submitted by viktor_hu· Mar 4, 2026System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques
Question
As a certified ethical hacker, you are performing a system hacking process for a company that is suspicious about its security system. You found that the company's passwords are all known words, but not in the dictionary. You know that one employee always changes the password by just adding some numbers to the old password. Which attack is most likely to succeed in this scenario?
Options
- ABrute-Force Attack
- BPassword Spraying Attack
- CHybrid Attack
- DRule-based Attack
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#Password cracking#Rule-based attack#Hybrid attack#Password security