Here you will find all the articles with the tag: brute-forcing.
Cisco security specialists are warning of brute-force attacks on VPN and SSH applications for their own devices, as well as those from CheckPoint, Fortinet, SonicWall and Ubiquiti. The attacks focus on stealing login credentials and may have links to previous recent attack attempts. Cisco Talos ... Read more
9 days ago
Chinese researchers have cracked the fingerprint security of Android phones through a brute-force attack: BrutePrint. This allowed them to take control of the devices. According to the researchers from Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University, the BrutePrint attack allows hackers to bypass the user ... Read more
11 months ago
Upcoming Windows 11 versions will block accounts after ten failed login attempts. The setting has been available for some time, but will soon be enabled by default to prevent brute-force attacks. The setting blocks Windows accounts after ten failed login attempts. A user can try again after ten ... Read more
2 years ago
Password manager LastPass is under fire. In recent days, hackers made several attempts to break into the password vaults of LastPass users. According to the password manager, credential stuffing is at the base of the attacks. Users of LastPass reported break-in attempts into the digital safes de... Read more
2 years ago
