The answer is <span>Block cipher. </span><span>A </span>block cipher<span> is a method of </span>encrypting<span> text </span><span>in which a cryptographic key and algorithm are applied to a </span>block of data at once as a group rather than to one bit at a time. They<span> split the input text into fixed-size chunks called </span>blocks<span>. The operation of a </span>block cipher<span> is to take a </span>block<span> of input text and a </span>block<span> of key to produce a </span>block<span> of output text.</span>
This type of attack is a blend of both a dictionary and brute force attack. The meaning of this is, while a dictionary attack method would capture a wordlist of passwords, the brute-force attack would be applied to each of password captured.
