Cyber actors using 'password spraying' against organisations' email systems

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Password spraying is used to hack targets without raising suspicion
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Password spraying is used to hack targets without raising suspicion

Iranian crooks used password spraying to bring down targets

Cyber crooks have been using a brute force attack method called "password spraying" to hack into American and foreign companies, according to the FBI. The US Department of Homeland Security and FBI...

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