Reuters

'Brute force' script snatched iPad e-mail addresses

The harvesting of over 100,000 iPad 3G owners' e-mail addresses was not a hack or a classic data breach, but a brute force attack of a minor feature AT&T offered to Apple customers, experts said ...
CoinTelegraph

Mt. Gox creditors report multiple ‘brute-force’ attempts on their accounts

A Mt. Gox creditor subreddit has been awash with reports over the last 24 hours from users seeing multiple login attempts on their accounts — sparking fears of a potential cyberattack. In a subreddit ...
GIGAZINE

Pointing out that 'brute force attacks on the Internet' are occurring, with crude AI-generated videos hacking the algorithms of Instagram and TikTok

Kebler's Instagram account is flooded with a large number of 'AI-generated videos' every day, many of which are bizarre and grotesque, like the screenshot below, but these videos are recommended by an ...
Bleeping Computer

Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices

A large-scale brute force password attack using almost 2.8 million IP addresses is underway, attempting to guess the credentials for a wide range of networking devices, including those from Palo Alto ...
TechNewsWorld

Brute Force Password Cracking Takes Longer, But Celebration May Be Premature

Brute force cracking of passwords takes longer now than in the past, but the good news is not a cause for celebration, according to the latest annual audit of password cracking times released Tuesday ...
Forbes

Project Mismanagement: What To Do With The Brute Force Auto Executives

SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE, 2023: The Great Resignation continues as workers list “stress from not enough time” amongst the major causes for leaving a job, caused in part by brute force or drive-by ...