Exam PT0-002 topic 1 question 413 discussion

Bing AI says the answer is B: In this scenario, the penetration tester is using a combination of a wordlist and predefined rules to crack the hash. The command provided uses a dictionary (wordlist) attack along with specific rules for modifying the words in the list. The best answer here is: B. Dictionary By using -a 0, the tester specifies a straight dictionary attack mode. The rockyou.txt file is the wordlist, and the replace.rule file contains the rules for modifying the words in the dictionary during the attack.

Test answer is Hybrid attack.

dictionary attack: hashcat.exe: Runs the Hashcat tool. -a 0: Specifies a dictionary attack mode (standard dictionary-based cracking). .\hash.txt: File containing the list of hashes to crack. .\rockyou.txt: A wordlist (dictionary) used to try common passwords. -r .\rules\replace.rule: Applies a set of transformation rules (e.g., replacing characters, appending numbers, etc.) to the dictionary entries to increase the chance of matching the hash.