Which of the following describes an 'offline dictionary attack' against passwords?Group of answer choicesThe attacker compares the password hashes against hashes of commonly used passwords.The attacker targets a specific account and submits password guesses until the correct password is discoveredThe attacker attempts to gain knowledge about the account holder and system password policies and uses that knowledge to guess the passwordThe attacker waits until a logged-in workstation is unattended.

What variation of a dictionary attack involves a dictionary attack combined with a brute force attack, and will slightly alter dictionary words by adding numbers to the end of the password, spelling words backward, slightly misspelling words, or including special characters?Group of answer choicesbrute forcehash replaynetwork replayhybrid

Which of the following password attacks involves testing a list of known passwords against a user's password?

Question 11Which type of cryptographic attack is characterized by comparing a captured hashed password against a table of many millions of previously hashed words or strings?1 pointKnown PlaintextBrute forceSocial EngineeringKnown CiphertextRainbow tables

An attacker uses software that continuously tries different combinations of characters to gain access to something password protected. What kind of attack is this?A baiting attackA brute-force attackA POD (Ping of Death) attackA dictionary attack

Question 1Which of the following practice helps security specialists to protect the network against password cracking attempts? 1 pointAlways use passwords that can be found in a dictionary Check any suspicious application that stores passwords in memory Always use personal information to create passwords Never set the password change policy 2.Question 2Which of the following countermeasures should be followed to protect against password cracking? 1 pointDo not use passwords that can be found in a dictionary Use the same password at the time of password change Always use any system’s default passwords Do not impose any restrictions on the password change policy