Exam 312-50v12 topic 1 question 290 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v12

Question #: 290
Topic #: 1

In an attempt to damage the reputation of a competitor organization, Hailey, a professional hacker, gathers a list of employee and client email addresses and other related information by using various search engines, social networking sites, and web spidering tools. In this process, she also uses an automated tool to gather a list of words from the target website to further perform a brute-force attack on the previously gathered email addresses.

What is the tool used by Hailey for gathering a list of words from the target website?

A. CeWL
B. Orbot
C. Shadowsocks
D. Psiphon

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by qtygbapjpesdayazko at Feb. 24, 2024, 12:59 p.m.

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Selected Answer: A

A. CeWL Purpose: Custom wordlist generator written in Ruby. Crawls a target website and extracts words to create a password dictionary. Commonly used in penetration testing for password guessing. B. Orbot Android app that routes traffic through Tor. Used for anonymity, not for wordlist creation. C. Shadowsocks Secure socks5 proxy. Used to bypass internet censorship, not for scraping websites. D. Psiphon Anti-censorship tool for open internet access.

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