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  2. Hydra (software) - Wikipedia

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    Hydra works by using different approaches, such as brute-force attacks and dictionary attacks, in order to guess the right username and password combination. Hydra is commonly used by penetration testers together with a set of programmes like crunch, [ 3 ] cupp [ 4 ] etc, which are used to generate wordlists based on user-defined patterns.

  3. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [1] protecting a computer system.A common approach (brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [2]

  4. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    They expressed support for Julian Assange and press freedom, while briefly "taking a swing" against Facebook, Reddit and Wikipedia for having 'engaged in shady practices behind our prying eyes'. In the case of Reddit, they posted a link to a court document describing the possible involvement of a moderator of a large traffic subreddit (/r/news ...

  5. Brute-force attack - Wikipedia

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    A brute-force attack is a cryptanalytic attack that can, in theory, be used to attempt to decrypt any encrypted data (except for data encrypted in an information-theoretically secure manner). [1] Such an attack might be used when it is not possible to take advantage of other weaknesses in an encryption system (if any exist) that would make the ...

  6. Rainbow table - Wikipedia

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    Though brute-force attacks (e.g. dictionary attacks) may be used to try to invert a hash function, they can become infeasible when the set of possible passwords is large enough. An alternative to brute-force is to use precomputed hash chain tables. Rainbow tables are a special kind of such table that overcome certain technical difficulties.

  7. Brute force - Wikipedia

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    Brute force method or proof by exhaustion, a method of mathematical proof Brute-force attack , a cryptanalytic attack Brute-force search , a computer problem-solving technique

  8. DDoS attacks on Dyn - Wikipedia

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    [6] [36] Mirai is designed to brute-force the security on an IoT device, allowing it to be controlled remotely. Cybersecurity investigator Brian Krebs noted that the source code for Mirai had been released onto the Internet in an open-source manner some weeks prior, which made the investigation of the perpetrator more difficult.

  9. List of data breaches - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles.. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continual