CISSP Mastery
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3.7 ~35 min

Methods of cryptanalytic attacks

Overview

Be able to match an attack to its scenario: brute force, ciphertext-only, known/chosen plaintext, frequency analysis, side-channel/timing, MITM, pass-the-hash, Kerberos exploitation, and ransomware.

Key topics to master

  • Brute force, ciphertext-only, known/chosen plaintext
  • Frequency analysis, implementation & side-channel, fault injection, timing
  • MITM, pass the hash, Kerberos exploitation
  • Ransomware