Question

Which of the following do not comes under hurdles of passive online attack for hackers?

(a) Hard to perpetrate

(b) Computationally complex

(c) Time taking, so patience has to be there

(d) Tools not available

The question was posed to me during an internship interview.

This interesting question is from Password Cracking and Security Measures topic in division Cyber Security Types of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct choice is (d) Tools not available

The explanation: Tools for doing a passive offline attack on passwords is widely available so it doesn’t come under disadvantage or hurdles of passive offline attack. But passive offline attacks are computationally complex, hard to perpetrate and may take time.