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VerifiedInformation Security Threats and Attacks

Password-cracking techniques are used to recover passwords from computer systems. Attackers employ password-cracking techniques to obtain unauthorized access to vulnerable systems. Which of the following techniques combines both a brute-force attack and a dictionary attack?

Explanation

A hybrid attack combines dictionary words with brute-force-generated character patterns, such as adding or prepending character combinations to each word in a wordlist.

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