4. Brute Force

Question 1

What is Brute Force

Answer 1

decode password with all combinations

Question 2

Methodology

Answer 2

1. Guess
2. Default
3. Cracking
4. Phishing

Question 3

Password weaknesses

Answer 3

1. Easy to remember
2. Reused Passwords
3. Cracking old hash algorithms

Question 4

Hashes

Answer 4

1. MD5
2. SHA-1
3. SHA-256
4. NTLM
5. NetNTLM
6. RSA
7. PBKDF2: Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2

Question 5

Dictionary

Answer 5

List of easy passwords

Question 6

Mutated Dictionary

Answer 6

List of passwords with random numbers

Question 7

Rainbow Table

Answer 7

large precomputed hash values

Question 8

CUPP

Answer 8

common user password profiler

Question 9

CRUNCH

Answer 9

Create user selected passwords

Question 10

rar2john

Answer 10

Brute force Cracking of:

1. RAR
2. PDF
3. ZIP

Question 11

john the ripper

Answer 11

crack passwords with wordlist

Question 12

Defense

Answer 12

1. Strong Passwords
2. Login Attempt Limitation
3. Fail2Ban
4. Multifactor Authentication

Question 13

Hashcat

Answer 13

Supports CPU and GPU

Question 14

CrackStation

Answer 14

Online Password Hash cracking Service

Question 15

Hydra

Answer 15

Online password cracking using wordlist dictionary

Question 16

Medusa

Answer 16

Online Password brute force password cracking using wordlist

Question 17

Ncrack

Answer 17

Most reliable tool for remote authentication