Question

Which of the following best explains how devices and information can be susceptible to unauthorized access if weak passwords are used?
a. Unauthorized individuals can use data mining and other techniques to guess a user’s password.
b. Unauthorized individuals can exploit vulnerabilities in compression algorithms to determine a user’s password from their decompressed data.
c. Unauthorized individuals can exploit vulnerabilities in encryption algorithms to determine a user’s password from their encryption key.
d. Unauthorized individuals can deny service to a computing system by overwhelming the system with login attempts.

Answer 1

Answer: a. Unauthorized individuals can use data mining and other techniques to guess a user’s password.

Explanation:

In a case whereby a weak password is used, devices and information can be susceptible to unauthorized access as the unauthorized individuals can use data mining and every other methods in order to guess the user's password.

Data mining has to do with finding patterns and anomalies, within large data sets in order to forecast outcomes. Once, the password of the user has been gotten, this can be used for either fraudulent activities or every other thing that the hacker intends to do.