{"id":57,"date":"2022-11-26T07:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T07:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/comptia-pentest-pt0-002-question049\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T07:49:58","slug":"comptia-pentest-pt0-002-question049","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/comptia-pentest-pt0-002-question049\/","title":{"rendered":"CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-002 &#8211; Question049"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">In an unprotected network file repository, a penetration tester discovers a text file containing usernames and passwords in cleartext and a spreadsheet containing data for 50 employees, including full names, roles, and serial numbers. The tester realizes some of the passwords in the text file follow the format: &lt;name- serial_number&gt;.<br \/>\nWhich of the following would be the best action for the tester to take NEXT with this information?<br \/><strong><br \/>A.<\/strong> Create a custom password dictionary as preparation for password spray testing.<br \/><strong>B.<\/strong> Recommend using a password manager\/vault instead of text files to store passwords securely.<br \/><strong>C.<\/strong> Recommend configuring password complexity rules in all the systems and applications.<br \/><strong>D.<\/strong> Document the unprotected file repository as a finding in the penetration-testing report.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<style> .hidden-div{ display:none } <\/style>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button onclick=\"getElementById('hidden-div').style.display = 'block'\"> Show Answer <\/button> <button onclick=\"getElementById('hidden-div').style.display = 'none'\">Hide Answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden-div\" id=\"hidden-div\"><span style=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">Correct Answer: <strong>D<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/span> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unprotected network file repository, a penetration tester discovers a text file containing usernames and passwords in cleartext and a spreadsheet containing data for 50 employees, including full names, roles, and serial numbers. The tester realizes some of the passwords in the text file follow the format: &lt;name- serial_number&gt;. Which of the following would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,52],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comptia-pentest-pt0-002","tag-comptia-pentest-pt0-002","tag-question-049"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exampracticetests.com\/c\/PT0-002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}