Brute force attack
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
Repeatedly trying all possible combinations of passwords or encryption keys until the correct one is found
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Brute force attacks
- possessive
- Brute force attack's
- pluralpossessive
- Brute force attacks'