Password Cracking Techniques EHE Practice Questions (Page 9)

Questions 41–42

1. 41foundation · easy

   Why does adding a unique salt to each password hash make cracking more difficult?

   • AIt makes the hash longer, which slows down the cracking process.
   • BIt prevents the use of precomputed rainbow tables because each hash is unique even for the same password.
   • CIt encrypts the hash so that it cannot be read by cracking tools.
   • DIt changes the hashing algorithm to a more secure one.
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2. 42application · medium

   A security analyst is tasked with testing the strength of passwords used in a Windows domain. The analyst has extracted NTLM hashes and wants to identify weak passwords that are common words with common substitutions (e.g., 'p@ssw0rd'). Which tool and attack mode would be most efficient?

   • AUse a rainbow table attack with precomputed NTLM tables
   • BUse Hashcat with a rule-based attack and the rockyou.txt wordlist
   • CUse a brute-force attack with a mask for 8-character passwords
   • DUse John the Ripper with a single crack mode and a wordlist
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