Windows 11 Will Come with Brute Force Protection Enabled by Default

Windows 11 Will Come with Brute Force Protection Enabled by Default

Microsoft reveals new security feature for Windows 11

Brute-Force Likely Used in Celeb Pic Hack

Brute-Force Likely Used in Celeb Pic Hack

Apple updates “Find My iPhone” app, protects against brute-force attacks

Massive Botnet Used to Launch Brute-Force Attacks Against WordPress Sites

Massive Botnet Used to Launch Brute-Force Attacks Against WordPress Sites

Even WordPress' founder has issued a short advisory to help users mitigate the attacks

Brute Force Attack Can Break PINs of Cisco CallManager Accounts, Researcher Finds

Brute Force Attack Can Break PINs of Cisco CallManager Accounts, Researcher Finds

The attack relies on a “sid” token obtained in response to an HTTP GET request

  • Security
  • By Lucian Constantin
  • August 29th, 2011
New Worm Spreads by RDP Brute Force

New Worm Spreads by RDP Brute Force

  • Security
  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 10th, 2011
New Router-Infecting Trojan Identified

New Router-Infecting Trojan Identified

Information of Over 100 Million Facebook Users Available for Download

Information of Over 100 Million Facebook Users Available for Download

Data can be used to increase effectiveness of brute forcing tools

  • Security
  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 21st, 2009
Spammers Brute-Force Yahoo Back Door

Spammers Brute-Force Yahoo Back Door

Insecure API abused for years

Feasible Client-Side CSRF Token Brute Force Attack Revealed

Feasible Client-Side CSRF Token Brute Force Attack Revealed

Uses three-year-old CSS-based history hack to extract tokens

PDF Passwords 100 Times Less Secure in Acrobat 9

PDF Passwords 100 Times Less Secure in Acrobat 9

According to a company developing password recovery software