Although brute force and dictionary attacks were once the primary tools used by attackers to crack an encrypted password, today attackers usually prefer ____.
A) rainbow tables
B) online cracking
C) offline cracking
D) cascade tables

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Rainbow tables are precomputed tables used to crack encrypted passwords. They can be used for both offline and online attacks and are much faster than brute force or dictionary attacks. Therefore, attackers prefer to use rainbow tables over other methods.

Although Brute Force and Dictionary Attacks Were Once the Primary