What variation of a dictionary attack involves a dictionary attack combined with a brute force attack,and will slightly alter dictionary words by adding numbers to the end of the password,spelling words backward,slightly misspelling words,or including special characters?
A)brute force
B)hash replay
C)network replay
D)hybrid

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The variation of a dictionary attack that combines it with a brute force attack and alters dictionary words by adding numbers, spelling words backward, misspelling words, or using special characters is known as a Hybrid attack. This attack is more effective than a simple dictionary attack but less time-consuming than a pure brute force attack. Therefore, the best choice is D - Hybrid.

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