Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

You probably know Google for search and Android, but it also invented foundational technology that now runs the web, the cloud, and modern AI.

HeLLFIRE MISSILES used to strike terrorist hideouts in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now they rain down on the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. Small boats and their crews, alleged drug-traffickers, ...

Cryptography secures communication in banking, messaging, and blockchain. Good algorithms (AES, RSA, ECC, SHA-2/3, ChaCha20) are secure, efficient, and widely trusted. Bad algorithms (DES, MD5, SHA-1, ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The prediction of crystal structures from the bare knowledge of molecular connectivity ...

SonicWall is warning admins that recent brute force attacks on its firewall’s API service for cloud backup could have exposed backup configuration files stored in its cloud portal. Affected are ...

BruteForceAI is an open-source penetration testing tool designed to enhance brute-force and password spraying techniques. Unlike conventional tools, it uses artificial intelligence to streamline the ...

A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new ...

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a "significant spike" in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices. The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed ...

Another name for brute force is exhaustive search. In these algorithms you consider every possible solution in the solution domain to find the optimal solution. Depending on the type of problem that ...