dictionary attack
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English
Etymology
From dictionary + attack.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɪkʃənəɹi əˈtæk/, /ˌdɪkʃənɹi-/, /ˌdɪkʃnəɹi-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi əˈtæk/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -æk
- Hyphenation: dic‧tion‧a‧ry at‧tack
Noun
dictionary attack (plural dictionary attacks)
- (computing, cryptography) An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords.
- Hypernym: cyberattack
- Experts warn against using ordinary words as passwords as they are vulnerable to dictionary attacks.
Derived terms
Translations
attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords
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See also
References
- ^ “dictionary attack, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024; “dictionary attack, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
dictionary attack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “dictionary attack” (US) / “dictionary attack” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
