What is a brute force attack?

There are thousands of ways for hackers to break into your system – but you're more likely to run into some than others. The ...
Computerworld

‘Brute force’ attacks against SMBs on the rise

The number of “brute force” attacks on small and midsize companies has risen dramatically in the past few months, according to Houston-based Alert Logic Inc., an on-demand IT network security company ...
Blockonomi

Ledger Says Tangem Cards Can Be Brute-Forced Faster, Wallet Maker Disagrees

Ledger researchers uncover a Tangem card flaw enabling rapid brute-force attacks. Tangem disputes severity, citing chip ...
Yahoo

China blames US hackers for DeepSeek cyber strike, calls it a brute force attack

China’s AI start-up DeepSeek has faced a significant cyberattack, which is believed to have originated from the United States. According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, the attack began on January ...
Bleeping Computer

Brute-force attacks target Apache Tomcat management panels

A coordinated campaign of brute-force attacks using hundreds of unique IP addresses targets Apache Tomcat Manager interfaces exposed online. Tomcat is a popular open-source web server widely used by ...
Redmond Magazine

Cisco Warns of Brute Force Attacks Targeting VPNs and Firewalls

Cisco has revealed that a global increase in brute force attacks targeting Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other devices is currently taking place. The company released a warning this week, saying ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Iranian Hackers Target Critical Infrastructure with Brute Force Attacks

Intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Australia, Canada and the US have warned about an Iran-backed year-long campaign during which hackers used brute force and other techniques to compromise ...
CSO Online

Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups

SonicWall is warning admins that recent brute force attacks on its firewall’s API service for cloud backup could have exposed backup configuration files stored in its cloud portal. Affected are ...
TweakTown

Widespread VPN attack: 2.8 million IPs involved in brute-force campaign

TL;DR: An unidentified threat actor is conducting brute-force attacks on over 2.8 million VPN and network devices globally, with a focus on Brazil, Turkey, Russia, and Argentina. The attacks target ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

AI slop is a brute force attack on the algorithms that control reality

“The best way to think of the slop and spam that generative AI enables is as a brute force attack on the algorithms that control the internet and which govern how a large segment of the public ...
Tom's Guide

2.8 million IP addresses being used in brute force attack on VPNs

VPNs are being targeted in a mass-scale, brute force password attack that has seen almost 2.8 million IP addresses being used. Hackers have been attempting to access a wide range of networking devices ...
Federal News Network

More U.S. cyber offense could mean more risk for companies caught in the crossfire

"The majority of security and privacy incidents start with human error. It's not always a brute force attack on the system," ...