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Using words related to the target domain is one of the tactics most beloved by attackers, as that's where they'll be starting their dictionary attack. Hitting a bank? There are a few hundred bank-specific words, let's start with those, plus all the "cute" leetspeak substitutions and with prefixes/suffixes tacked on.


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