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HTTPS Bicycle attack reveals password length, allows easier brute-forcing (Help Net Security)

2016-01-07 08:32

Dutch security researcher Guido Vranken has come up with a new attack that could allow attackers to discover the length of a user's password - and therefore make it easier to brute-force it - by analy...

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