Eccouncil 312-38 Exam - Topic 9 Question 33 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's 312-38 exam

Question #: 33
Topic #: 9

An attacker uses different types of password cracking techniques to crack the password and gain unauthorized access to a system. An attacker uses a file containing a list of commonly used passwords. They then upload this file into the cracking application that runs against the user accounts. Which of the following password cracking techniques is the attacker trying?

ABruteforce

BRainbow table

CHybrid

DDictionary

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Suggested Answer: D

by Micaela at May 06, 2022, 07:28 AM

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Elvera

4 months ago

I thought hybrid was more common these days, but this fits.

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Moon

4 months ago

Wait, are people still using "123456"? That's surprising!

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Carin

4 months ago

I agree, it's all about those common passwords!

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Alison

4 months ago

Definitely not brute force, way too efficient for that.

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Rima

5 months ago

Sounds like a classic dictionary attack to me!

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Jestine

5 months ago

I’m a bit confused; could it also be a hybrid attack? I remember those involve combining dictionary words with other elements.

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Niesha

5 months ago

This sounds similar to a practice question we did on password cracking techniques, and I believe it's definitely a dictionary attack.

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Dusti

5 months ago

I think the attacker is using a dictionary attack since they uploaded a file with common passwords.

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Cyril

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about rainbow tables being used for precomputed hashes, which doesn't seem to fit here.

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Jaclyn

5 months ago

Okay, I think I got this. If the devices are on the same network, they can probably just communicate directly without needing any extra configuration. I'll go with True on this one.

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Kizzy

5 months ago

I've got this one! The Federal Register is the official publication for administrative agency rules and regulations, so B is the correct answer.

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Bernardo

5 months ago

Okay, let me break this down. The question is asking about the types of GPU the G5500 can support, so I need to look at the characteristics of each GPU option and see which ones are compatible.

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Helaine

5 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to think carefully about the different types of protection the Citrix Web App Firewall can provide.

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