Understanding Ciphertext-Only Attacks: How They Work & Protect Your Data 🔐

If you find our videos helpful you can support us by buying something from amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=wiki-audio-20

Ciphertext-only attack

In cryptography, a ciphertext-only attack (COA) or known ciphertext attack is an attack model for cryptanalysis where the attacker is assumed to have access only to a set of ciphertexts.While the attacker has no channel providing access to the plaintext prior to encryption, in all practical ciphertext-only attacks, the attacker still has some knowledge of the plaintext.

-Video is targeted to blind users

Attribution:
Article text available under CC-BY-SA
image source in video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TjANg-Jnw