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Dictionary Attack

A dictionary attack is a systematic, brute-force technique during which attackers will run common words and phrases, along with their simple variations, to guess passwords.

2023-03-08T15:43:29+00:00March 8th, 2023|

Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS)

Distributed Denial of Service attacks are a type of cybercrime which uses numerous systems to perform an attack, aiming to exceed a website’s capacity to handle requests and therefore prevent the website from functioning properly for online users. The attacker will flood a server with internet traffic to prevent users from accessing online services, [...]

2022-09-23T21:52:04+01:00September 21st, 2022|