Intermediate
Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Q73 / 100
What is credential stuffing and how does it differ from brute forcing?
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The correct answer is B) Credential stuffing tries username/password pairs leaked from other breaches against many sites, exploiting password reuse, while brute forcing guesses unknown passwords through exhaustive combinations
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Correct Answer
Credential stuffing tries username/password pairs leaked from other breaches against many sites, exploiting password reuse, while brute forcing guesses unknown passwords through exhaustive combinations
Explanation
Credential stuffing leverages the fact that users often reuse passwords across services — attackers replay breached credential lists at scale using automation/bots. Defenses include MFA, breached-password checks, and rate limiting.
Progress
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