Password Attacks
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Password Attack Type |
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Attack | Description |
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Dictionary attack
Brute force
Traffic interception
Man In the Middle
Key Logging
Social engineering
Online Brute Force Attack
Attacking a live application over the network, like HTTP, HTTPs, SSH, FTP, and others
Offline Brute Force Attack
Also known as Offline Password Cracking, where you attempt to crack a hash of an encrypted password.
Reverse Brute Force Attack
Also known as username brute-forcing, where you try a single common password with a list of usernames on a certain service.
Hybrid Brute Force Attack
Attacking a user by creating a customized password wordlist, built using known intelligence about the user or the service.