Question

The hybrid attack is a combination of dictionary attack followed by inserting entropy & performs brute force.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me during an interview for a job.

The doubt is from Password Cracking and Security Measures in chapter Cyber Security Types of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

The best I can explain: A hybrid attack is a combination of both brute force attack & dictionary attack. So, while a dictionary attack would comprise a wordlist of passwords, the brute force attack would be functional for each possible password in the given list.