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Identity and access management (IAM) services provider Okta has warned of a spike in the “frequency and scale” of credential stuffing attacks aimed at online services. These unprecedented attacks, observed over the last month, are said to be facilitated by “the broad availability of residential proxy services, lists of previously stolen credentials (‘combo lists’), and […]
A massive malware campaign dubbed Sign1 has compromised over 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months, using malicious JavaScript injections to redirect users to scam sites. The most recent variant of the malware is estimated to have infected no less than 2,500 sites over the past two months alone, Sucuri said in a report […]
Threat actors are conducting brute-force attacks against WordPress sites by leveraging malicious JavaScript injections, new findings from Sucuri reveal. The attacks, which take the form of distributed brute-force attacks, “target WordPress websites from the browsers of completely innocent and unsuspecting site visitors,” security researcher Denis Sinegubko said. The activity is part of a previously documented […]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an emerging botnet called P2PInfect that’s capable of targeting routers and IoT devices. The latest version, per Cado Security Labs, is compiled for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages (MIPS) architecture, broadening its capabilities and reach. “It’s highly likely that by targeting MIPS, the P2PInfect developers intend to […]
A critical flaw in Box.com cloud-storage solution was recently discovered that make files stored in the service accessible by external unauthorized users if users are not security-conscious. Box.com is a mainstream cloud-storage service with many corporate account holders storing their personal and business files in the encrypted storage service. The corporate account is at risk, […]
Detecting the attack Of course, before we fight a brute force attack, we must first detect it. Specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security have listed a series of recommendations to mitigate these attacks. Make sure your application has tools to monitor network traffic. At least two of these would be useful: metrics and […]
The email service at the Northern Ireland Parliament, Stormont has been hit by a brute force attack allowing unknown attackers to access email accounts of several members, according to information security training researchers. As per to an internal email seen by the BBC, Members of the NI Parliament have been notified that the attack was an external […]
Steghide, is a tool that executes a brute force attack to file with hide information and password established. Linux operating system Steghide Python Step 1: Download and install Steghide from GitHub or enter the following command on your Linux terminal: git clone https://github.com/Va5c0/Steghide-Brute-Force-Tool.git Step 2: Now run the script by typing: python steg_brute.py [option] […]
Supporting OS (operating system) FreeBSD Mac OS X Linux (CentOS, Debain, Ubuntu) Download Command: bash || sh export SENTRY_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msimerson/sentry/master/sentry.pl curl -O $SENTRY_URL || wget $SENTRY_URL || fetch –no-verify-peer $SENTRY_URL perl sentry.pl –update Running sentry.pl –update will: create the sentry database (if needed) install the perl script (if needed) prompt you to edit /etc/hosts.allow (if needed) […]