CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY · Question #353
Which attacks involve an attacker using a list of pre-computed hashes to find a matching hash value for a user's password? ()
The correct answer is A. Rainbow Table Attack. A rainbow table attack uses precomputed hashes to find a matching hash value for a user's password (see ISC2 Study Guide, Module 2, under Types of Threats). A dictionary attack is a type of attack that uses a list of common words to guess a user's password. In contrast, a brute…
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Which attacks involve an attacker using a list of pre-computed hashes to find a matching hash value for a user's password? ()
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- ARainbow Table Attack
- BSpoofing Attack
- CDictionary Attack
- DBrute Force Attack
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A rainbow table attack uses precomputed hashes to find a matching hash value for a user's password (see ISC2 Study Guide, Module 2, under Types of Threats). A dictionary attack is a type of attack that uses a list of common words to guess a user's password. In contrast, a brute force attack uses a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols to guess a user's password. Spoofing is an attack involving an attacker impersonating another user to gain access to a
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