A form of brute-force technique where adversaries try to bypass an authentication mechanism by trying dictionary words as passwords until the correct password is found. Dictionary attacks require fewer resources and time as a list of selected dictionary words are used as compared to trying every possible combination until the correct password is identified.
A dictionary attack is a type of brute-force attack, but it uses a predefined list of passwords that would have a higher probability of success.
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