Tag: brute-force

ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

September 12, 2023

Closing intrusion vectors force cybercriminals to revisit old attack avenues, but also to look for new ways to attack their victims. Sextortion emails and other text-based threats have been on a massive increase in H1 2023 and the question remains why. Are criminals just lazy? Are they trying to earn easy money during their days … More ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks

May 22, 2023

Bleeping computer reports* that Researchers at Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University have presented a new attack called ‘BrutePrint,’ which brute-forces fingerprints on modern smartphones to bypass user authentication and take control of the device. Brute-force attacks rely on many trial-and-error attempts to crack a code, key, or password and gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, … More Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks