What is a brute force attack?
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
by Laurent Marion
Brute force is a technique used in cybersecurity to crack encrypted messages or passwords by systematically trying all possible combinations until the correct one is found. This method relies on the assumption that the encryption algorithm used is known, but the key or password is unknown. In the field of classical cryptography, brute force attacks
- Published in Cybersecurity, EITC/IS/CCF Classical Cryptography Fundamentals, History of cryptography, Modular arithmetic and historical ciphers
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Brute-force Attack, Caesar Cipher, Cryptanalysis, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Substitution Cipher