Tag: Brute Force Attack
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What Is a Brute Force Attack?
A brute force attack is a type of cyberattack where the attacker attempts to gain access to a computer system or network by guessing …
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Purported Brute-Force Attack Aims at Linksys Routers as More People Work Remotely
A cybercriminal group has started scanning the Internet for vulnerable Linksys routers in the first stage of an attack that ultimately aims …
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Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said on Wednesday that it’s fined Cathay Pacific Airways £500,000 (USD $647,015, …
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Tesco Issues 600,000 New Clubcards After Brute Force Attack
UK supermarket giant Tesco is issuing 600,000 customers with new loyalty cards after some accounts were compromised by an unauthorized …
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Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot
Back in November 2016, 26,500 accounts for the UK’s National Lottery got credential-stuffed like they were a bunch of Thanksgiving …
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How AI Is Capable of Defeating Biometric Authentication Systems
Fingerprint Biometric Authentication System Biometrics Authentication Systems and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the most powerful …
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The cryptominer that kept coming back
One of computer security’s special frustrations is the phenomenon of malware that keeps re-infecting a system no matter how many times …
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Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
You’re poring over ads for a good, dependable, not too expensive car for your kid. You try Craigslist.com, or eBay, or Auto …
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Massive botnet chews through 20,000 WordPress sites
Attackers have infected 20,000 WordPress sites by brute-forcing administrator usernames and passwords. They are then using those sites to …
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AdGuard adblocker resets passwords after credential-stuffing attack
AdGuard has taken the decision to reset all user accounts after being on the receiving end of a credential-stuffing and brute-force …
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