Exam SY0-601 topic 1 question 559 discussion

Password spraying is a type of brute-force attack used by hackers to gain unauthorized access to user accounts, systems, or services. Unlike traditional brute-force attacks that attempt to guess the password for a single user account by trying various combinations of characters, password spraying involves trying a small number of commonly used passwords against multiple accounts. The goal is to avoid detection by avoiding excessive failed login attempts for a single account, which could trigger account lockouts or other security measures. In a password spraying attack, the attacker typically selects a few common passwords (such as "password," "123456," "admin," etc.) and tries these passwords against many user accounts. This approach takes advantage of the fact that many users often choose weak and easily guessable passwords, and the attacker hopes that at least one of the accounts will have a weak password that matches the ones attempted.

Trying same password for multiple users

Common password on several username. Reverse of brute force attack. Password spraying is correct

Answer is A. The most likely attack occurring is password spraying. Password spraying is an attack that uses a single password across multiple accounts. The attacker tries the same password on multiple accounts to see if it works. In this case, the attacker is using the password “Spring2023” on multiple accounts

A. Password Spraying - an attacker will brute force logins based on list of usernames with default passwords on the applicatio