Question

A cybersecurity analyst notices that an attacker is trying to crack the WPS PIN associated with a wireless printer. The device logs show that the attacker tried 00000000, 00000001, 00000002 and continued to increment by 1 number each time until they found the correct PIN of 13252342. Which of the following types of password cracking was being performed by the attacker?

A) Brute-force
B) Dictionary
C) Rainbow table
D) Social engineering

Answer 1

The attacker was performing brute-force cracking to find the wireless printer's WPS PIN.

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of password cracking that the attacker was performing is brute-force. Brute-force cracking involves systematically trying every possible combination until the correct one is found. In this case, the attacker started with 00000000 and continued to increment by 1 each time until they found the correct PIN, 13252342.