Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 393 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 393
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 jinjection at Sept. 28, 2021, 9:59 a.m.

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andrewdh

Highly Voted 1 year, 8 months ago

CeWL (Custom Word List generator) is a ruby app which spiders a given URL, up to a specified depth, and returns a list of words which can then be used for password crackers such as John the Ripper.

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Daniel8660

Most Recent 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

Gathering Wordlist from the Target Website An attacker uses the CeWL tool to gather a list of words from the target website and perform a brute-force attack on the email addresses gathered earlier. # Cewl www.certifiedhacker.com (P.200/184)

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jinjection

1 year, 9 months ago

correct

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