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asked Jul 30, 2021 in Cyber Security by Natalie (69.5k points)

Brute force attack is ______________

(a) fast

(b) inefficient

(c) slow

(d) complex to understand

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answered Aug 2, 2021 by Nathan (1.4m points)
selected Sep 14, 2021 by Natalie

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Right choice is (c) slow

For explanation: A brute force is the simplest process of gaining access to any password-protected system. It tries a variety of combinations of usernames & passwords again and again until it cracks it or password matches. But it is comparatively slow.

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