What Type of Attack Is Being Attempted When an Attacker

question 30

Multiple Choice

What type of attack is being attempted when an attacker uses a password-cracking program to guess passwords by attempting every possible combination of letters?

• A) brute force
• B) replay
• C) ciphertext-only
• D) dictionary

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