Brute Force Attack: Hacking the OWASP Top 10

Описание: Hacking using brute force attacks. One of the most common techniques hackers use to crack website logins. Learn how attackers systematically guess passwords, bypass weak authentication mechanisms, and exploit poor security configurations by using the Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) tool.

This vulnerability is identified on the OWASP Top 10 as:
A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures

The weaknesses identified during this test is:
1) Permits brute force or other automated attacks.
2) Permits default, weak, or well-known passwords, such as "Password1" or "admin/admin".
3) Uses weak or ineffective credential recovery and forgot-password processes, such as "knowledge-based answers," which cannot be made safe.
4) Has missing or ineffective multi-factor authentication.

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