GCIA: GIAC Certified Intrusion AnalystDemo

Question

Andrew, a bachelor’s student at Faulkner University, creates a Gmail account and uses Faulkner as its password. A few days later, he begins receiving many emails saying that his Gmail account has been hacked. He also discovers that someone has deleted some important emails. Which of the following methods did the attacker use to crack Andrew’s password?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A Zero-day attack
B Dictionary-based attack
C Rainbow attack
D Denial-of-service (DoS) attack
E Brute force attack
F Buffer-overflow attack

Explanation

A dictionary-based attack attempts common words, names, and other likely password candidates from word lists. Faulkner is a predictable word-based password, making it susceptible to this attack.

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