Let’s talk about the elephant in the room:
| Method | Description | |--------|-------------| | | Tries thousands of common passwords | | Brute-force attack | Tries every combination up to a certain length (very slow online) | | Mask attack | Tries patterns when you remember parts of the password | | Known-plaintext (rare) | Only works if you know some original file contents |
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room:
| Method | Description | |--------|-------------| | | Tries thousands of common passwords | | Brute-force attack | Tries every combination up to a certain length (very slow online) | | Mask attack | Tries patterns when you remember parts of the password | | Known-plaintext (rare) | Only works if you know some original file contents |
