A security analyst is performing a manual audit of captured data from a packet analyzer. The analyst looks for Base64 encoded strings and applies the filter http.authbasic. Which of the following BEST describes what the analyst is looking for?

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The analyst is looking for unencrypted credentials because the http.authbasic filter is used to identify HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits credentials encoded in Base64, but not encrypted.

A Security Analyst Is Performing a Manual Audit of Captured