A security analyst is investigating what appears to be unauthorized access to a corporate web application. The security analyst reviews the web server logs and finds the flowing entries:
Which of the following password attacks is taking place?
-B is correct
The password attack taking place in this scenario is a brute-force attack.
In a brute-force attack, an attacker tries every possible combination of characters until the correct password is found. Incrementing on a PIN will do just that.
A. Dictionary attack is one type of Brute-force attack that targets several users based on common patterns, known passwords, or words from dictionaries. Our attacker is targeting a single user named admin.
C. is incorrect. Rainbow table attack involves using precomputed tables containing pairs of plaintext passwords and their corresponding hash values for various hashing algorithms. Rainbow table attacks focus on cracking hashed passwords obtained from a compromised database or system.
D. is incorrect. Spraying targets a large number of users. From the snippet above, we can see that the same username is being used when attempting to crack the password.
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