Which cryptographic attack exploits weaknesses in ...

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH V13)

Question Number 5

Which cryptographic attack exploits weaknesses in cipher implementation rather than the algorithm itself?

Brute force attack Side-channel attack Dictionary attack Birthday attack

✔ Correct Answer:

Side-channel attack

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