CT-STE: Certified Tester Security Test Engineer

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QuestionQ4

Security Test Techniques

A tester used rainbow tables in a brute-force attack to uncover user passwords. What type of testing is this?

Explanation

Using rainbow tables to recover user passwords tests the strength of the authentication mechanism, including password-storage and credential-security controls.

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