ECSA v10: EC-Council Certified Security Analyst v10

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VerifiedPenetration Testing Essential Concepts

George, a former Netabb Ltd. employee with hurt feelings after being laid off, attempts to retaliate against the company. He randomly launches several attacks against the organization. Because some employees used weak passwords for their user accounts, George successfully cracks several employee accounts using a common-passwords file.

What type of password-cracking attack did George carry out?

Explanation

A dictionary attack attempts passwords from a predefined list of common or likely passwords. Using a common-passwords file to compromise accounts with weak passwords is therefore a dictionary attack.

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