A single RTX 4090 managed to brute force crack an Akira ransomware attack in just 7 days
"Probably 99.9% of the time when you get a ransomware, it won’t be recoverable without the key. But if you are lucky, sometimes it is possible to find a solution." ...
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Top 10 Passwords Hackers Are Using to Access Remote Desktops
The Specops Software research team recently published new research that analyzed passwords being used to attack Remote ...
Infamous ransomware hackers reveal new tool to brute-force VPNs
Researchers uncovered a brute-forcing tool called BRUTED It was used since 2023 against VPNs and firewalls BRUTED allows for ...
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Automated attacks: BlackBasta relies on “BRUTED”
The ransomware group BlackBasta has developed a powerful tool to automate brute force attacks on edge network devices such as ...
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IOS Keyboard Exploit Allows Brute Force IPad Lock Screen Attack
This simple form of security makes automated brute force attacks unfeasible by ballooning the time it would take to try every possible permutation. The lock screen on iOS devices like iPad and ...
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New Report Highlights Common Passwords in RDP Attacks
The report also analyzed the character composition and lengths of passwords used in RDP attacks, finding that: The most ...
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AI slop is a brute force attack on the algorithms that control reality
We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
Akira ransomware can be cracked with sixteen RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours — new counterattack breaks encryption
Tinyhack publishes a full how-to guide on brute-forcing past the Akira ransomware's encryption attack and freeing captive ...
New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs
Security researcher Yohanes Nugroho has released a decryptor for the Linux variant of Akira ransomware, which utilizes GPU ...