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In which type of attack does an attacker use a password-cracking program, such as John the Ripper, to guess passwords by attempting every possible combination of letters

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Answer:

A bruteforce attack.

Step-by-step explanation:

A bruteforce attack tries every possible combination of letters in order to guess passwords, however they are typically very slow.

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