State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

HeLLFIRE MISSILES used to strike terrorist hideouts in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now they rain down on the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. Small boats and their crews, alleged drug-traffickers, ...

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 ...

BruteForceAI is an open-source penetration testing tool designed to enhance brute-force and password spraying techniques. Unlike conventional tools, it uses artificial intelligence to streamline the ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new ...

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a "significant spike" in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices. The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed ...

Another name for brute force is exhaustive search. In these algorithms you consider every possible solution in the solution domain to find the optimal solution. Depending on the type of problem that ...

In today’s digital landscape, robust cybersecurity is no longer optional; it’s essential. Businesses and individuals alike must proactively defend against evolving cyber threats. One of the most ...

Imagine you have two identical-looking treasure chests: from the outside, they appear the same, but one hides a prize, and the other conceals a trap. There is no clever trick to tell them apart—you ...

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 ...