The average person isn't going to be the victim of a complex multi-stage hacking attack. Instead, if someone's gotten into ...

So [Oliver] set out to use a microcontroller to brute-force the EFI PIN. You can read his back story at the link above. He had the chance to enter a 4-digit pin before the format process.

In a brute-force attack, hackers use automated tools to methodically check all password combinations until they find the right one. What they lack in sophistication, they make up for in sheer ...

As reported by Ars Technica, hackers working for the Chinese government used a botnet — consisting mainly of TP-Link routers, ...

In the first half of 2024, the Threat Intelligence team within Marlink’s Security Operations Centre has observed several ...

Cisco has added new security features that significantly mitigate brute-force and password spray attacks on Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD), helping protect the network from breaches ...

Once obtained, the actors gained persistent access to victim networks using valid user and group email accounts, frequently obtained via brute force attack techniques such as password spraying and ...