Timur was making a presentation regarding how attackers break passwords. His presentation demonstrated the attack technique that
is the slowest yet most thorough attack that is used against passwords. Which of these password attacks did he demonstrate? A. Dictionary attack
B. Hybrid attack
C. Custom attack
D. Brute force attack
A Brute Force Attack <em>is the </em><em>fastest way</em><em> of accessing a website or database (or whatsoever secured by a password).</em> It attempts repeatedly different combinations of usernames and passwords till it breaks in.
This repeated behavior is just like an enemy that attacks a fort.
Optionally, using a key derivation function, the attacker can try to guess the key generally created from the password. This is known as an exhaustive key search.
The answer of the following blank is Cyberterrorism
.
Explanation:
Cyberterrorism is the violent act by the use of an internet that results in the threat of any important files or the loss of life or the significance of the bodily harms, to achieve an ideological or political gains through the threat or the intimidation.
