Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Experts warn against using ordinary words as passwords as they are vulnerable to dictionary attacks.

    Wörterbuchangriff

    перебо́р по словарю́perebór po slovarjú

    перебі́р за словнико́мperebír za slovnykóm

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords:
Русский
By meaning 1
attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords:

Origin

From dictionary + attack.

From dictionary + attack.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: dictionary attacks

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dictionary attack — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto