Dictionary Attack
nounid
2316·updated May 9, 2026candidate
Discovery of authenticators by encrypting likely authenticators and comparing the actual encrypted authenticator with the newly encrypted possible authenticators.
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Dictionary Attacks
- possessive
- Dictionary Attack's
- pluralpossessive
- Dictionary Attacks'
Framework definitions
- §1
- An attack that tries all of the phrases or words in a dictionary, trying to crack a password or key. A dictionary attack uses a predefined list of words compared to a brute force attack that tries all possible combinations.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- Discovery of authenticators by encrypting likely authenticators and comparing the actual encrypted authenticator with the newly encrypted possible authenticators.
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