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В кластер входят документы о технических методах активного подбора или угадывания паролей, но не входят документы об уязвимостях систем восстановления доступа через секретные вопросы.
Общие признаки: взлом паролей, брутфорс, уязвимости аутентификации, подбор паролей
Группа выше: Пароли: стойкость, хранение и взлом
Смысл: The main idea is to demonstrate how to automate password brute-forcing on web forms by using a browser extension to bypass technical HTTP-level obstacles, emphasizing the prevalence of weak passwords.
The article explains how to perform web-based brute-force attacks using a specialized Google Chrome extension to bypass common HTTP-level security hurdles.
Смысл: The main idea is to demonstrate how easily a device can be compromised through social engineering and OSINT if the user employs simple, publicly discoverable passwords like birth dates.
The author unlocked a found smartphone by tracing the owner's social media connections to find their birth date, which served as the lock PIN.
Смысл: The main idea is that botnets have evolved to use 'slow brute force'—a stealthy, highly distributed method of password guessing that avoids detection by limiting attempts per IP and account while using a coordinated shared dictionary to compromise systems over a long period.
Botnets are adopting a 'slow brute force' strategy, using massive coordination and low-frequency attempts across many IPs to bypass security and stealthily compromise hosts.