What Is Dictionary Attack?

Hackers League
2 min readJul 19, 2018

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Today we can discuss about dictionary attack:

We can see in the world of internet. There are millions of accounts created everyday and passwords are the main factors of these accounts. Without password the user didn’t access his/her account. But the users didn’t create strong passwords in their accounts and it will be hacked after some try of an authorized user or hacker. If you don’t know how to create a strong password. So, see my article:

Dictionary Attack:

The user who used internet create a weak password like (horselover) in his//her account. The hacker used dictionary attack to gain easily access of his/her account. In dictionary attack the hacker create a file in his/her computer. The file includes all the words of dictionary with different combinations. The hacker used these words and try again and again. Even the correct one is not found. It is impossible for any hacker to write these words again and again. So, they can create a program which automatically try these words. If the password is like (horselover). So, it can break easily and the hacker gain easily access of the victim account. Sometimes, its become more complicated when the websites take only three or four chance to unlock your account. There are many softwares available in the online market which can perform dictionary attacks.

My Opinion:

My opinion on this topic is always used strong password like (AdfRTYv75rs $#356f@) in your account. Because everyone privacy on the internet is the main thing. Supposed if your account is hacked by someone and they spread seriously false news from your account. So, you are responsible for this if you don’t report your account. So, be safe and don’t used dictionary words in your password.

I hope after reading this article you can know about what is dictionary attack. This is my opinion about this topic. If I can take any mistake please comment me and I am waiting for your response.

Thank You.

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