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Andrew, a bachelor student of Faulkner University, creates a gmail account. He uses 'Faulkner' as the password for the gmail account. After a few days, he starts receiving a lot of e-mails stating that his gmail account has been hacked. He also finds that some of his important mails have been deleted by someone. Which of the following methods has the attacker used to crack Andrew's password?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Suggested Answer: B, C, E, G, H
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16 comments · newest first
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Markus
10 months ago
Not sure about the zero-day attack. Seems a bit over the top for this situation.
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Armanda
11 months ago
Brute force attack is possible too, but dictionary seems more likely here.
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Alana
11 months ago
Surprised he didn't use a stronger password. What was he thinking?
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Charlesetta
11 months ago
I think it could also be password guessing. Too easy to crack!
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Jerry
11 months ago
Definitely a dictionary-based attack. Using 'Faulkner' as a password is risky!
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Tamesha
11 months ago
I don't think a zero-day attack fits this scenario, but I could see how password guessing might work since 'Faulkner' is not very complex.
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Lavera
12 months ago
I feel like social engineering could be a factor too, especially if someone knew Andrew's personal info to guess his password.
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Trevor
12 months ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I think brute force attacks involve trying many combinations, which might apply here since the password is simple.
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Mammie
12 months ago
I remember studying about dictionary-based attacks, and 'Faulkner' seems like a common word that could be easily guessed.
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Arlette
12 months ago
This is a tricky one. I'm thinking the attacker might have used a rainbow attack, since that's a common way to crack simple passwords. But I could also see them trying a social engineering approach to get the password.
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Hildred
12 months ago
Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. There are a lot of options here, and I'm not sure which ones are the most likely. I'll have to think it through carefully.
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Arlette
1 year ago
This looks like a classic password cracking scenario. I'd start by considering dictionary-based attacks and password guessing, since the password seems pretty simple.
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Mary
1 year ago
Okay, let's see. The attacker was able to delete some of Andrew's emails, so that rules out a simple denial-of-service attack. I'd say it's probably a combination of dictionary-based and brute force attacks.
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Gerry
1 year ago
This seems like a straightforward automation problem. I'd probably go with option B and use Cloud Composer to create a DAG that runs the Python scripts on a schedule.
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Tomas
1 year ago
This question seems straightforward - we just need to figure out the key information the Solution Architect needs to design the solution.
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Arleen
1 year ago
I'm pretty sure the answer is A, Cryptanalysis. That's the process of analyzing cryptographic algorithms to try to break them and recover the original data. The other options don't seem to fit the description in the question.