User Credentials Were Captured from a Database During an Assessment

question 6

Multiple Choice

User credentials were captured from a database during an assessment and cracked using rainbow tables. Based on the ease of compromise, which of the following algorithms was MOST likely used to store the passwords in the database?

• A) MD5
• B) bcrypt
• C) SHA-1
• D) PBKDF2

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