How to defend against brute force attacks
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English - April 26, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MBTechnology security cyber news security news cyber security news cisco talos snort incident response news roundup Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After a recent spike in brute force attempts targeting SSH and VPN services, we felt it was a good time to give listeners a lesson on brute force attacks. Nick Biasini joins host Jon Munshaw this week to discuss the basics of these methods, how administrators can protect their accounts, and other potential defense mechanisms (or whether to just take passwords out of the equation entirely).