COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS PHISHING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Do
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Don’t
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: 8 characters is between 1 words and 2 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 8 characters is between 1 words and 3 words.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although this may seem excessive to some, we can see the difference in using such a password versus a more simple password quite easily. An eight-character password using only lowercase and uppercase characters has 200 billion possible combinations.
Detailed explanation-3: -With computer power increasing all the time, the minimum required password length is a moving target that’s only going to go up. But for today’s computing power, eight is the minimum number of characters that the NIST recommends.