Security Fundamentals — Question 19

Your password is 1Vu*cI!8sT.
Which attack method is your password vulnerable to?

Answer options

• A. Rainbow table
• B. Brute force
• C. Spidering
• D. Dictionary

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, as a rainbow table attack utilizes pre-computed tables to reverse cryptographic hash functions, making it effective against passwords that are not sufficiently complex. While brute force and dictionary attacks can also target passwords, they rely on guessing rather than exploiting pre-existing data, and spidering is unrelated to password cracking.