A newly discovered Go-based Linux botnet malware named PumaBot is brute-forcing SSH credentials on embedded IoT devices to ...

Twelve RTX 5090 GPUs can crack short (but complex) passwords in days Password complexity and length drastically increase time ...

Brute force cracking of passwords takes longer now than in the past, but the good news is not a cause for celebration, according to the latest annual audit of password cracking times released ...

If you are not using random, computer-generated passwords, or one of the best password generators, chances are your logins can be cracked within an hour, research has warned. A new report on ...

Threat actors are utilizing the FastHTTP Go library to launch high-speed brute-force password attacks targeting Microsoft 365 accounts globally. Learn about Scattered Spider's latest identity ...

Think of it as an "intelligent brute force" that uses statistics to check more likely passwords first. Where a classic brute force tries "aaa," "aab," "aac," a Markov attack prioritizes guesses ...

The list contained 16,449 passwords converted into hashes ... Gosney thinks of it as an "intelligent brute-force" that uses statistics to drastically limit the keyspace. Where a classic brute ...

Today's leak adds an extra 1.5 billion passwords. Like many data leaks, the RockYou2024 database lets potential criminals conduct brute-force attacks and get unauthorized access to online accounts ...

AI is increasingly being used not only to scam people, but also to brute force passwords and organize dictionary attacks. This means that not only the most common passwords can be cracked in ...

Calculating a password like “Password1” into a hash is lightning quick. What if all you’ve got is the hash? A brute-force attack to reverse the hash function and recover the password could ...

In a brute-force attack, the perpetrators systematically try out all possible combinations until they successfully login to the account. It is easier to guess and figure out simple passwords such ...