How Brute Force Attacks Work?
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[font=Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica]Brute force attacks will commonly use automated tools to guess various combinations of usernames and passwords until they find the correct input. The longer the password, the more time it will typically take to find the correct input.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica]Different types of brute force attacks exist. For example, credential recycling is a form of brute force attacks where usernames and passwords from previous attacks are used. Reverse brute force attacks begin with the attacking having the password as a known value, but not the username. The hacker will then follow the same pattern as a normal brute force attack to find the correct username. A dictionary attack is another type of brute force attack where all words in a dictionary are tested to find a password. Dictionary attacks can also augment words with numbers, characters and more. Additional forms of brute force attacks might try and use the most commonly used passwords, such as "password", "12345678" (or any numerical sequence like this) and[/font][font=Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica] "qwerty"[/font]
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