Why Botnets Work: Distributed Brute-Force Attacks Need No Synchronization

© 2019 IEEE. In September 2017, the McAfee Labs quarterly report estimated that brute-force attacks represent 20% of total network attacks, making them the most prevalent type of attack ex-aequo with browser-based vulnerabilities. These attacks have sometimes catastrophic consequences, and understan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Salamatian, Salman, Huleihel, Wasim, Beirami, Ahmad, Cohen, Asaf, Medard, Muriel
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136220