Brute force
Also written: brute-force
An attack that tries every possible value until one matches. Card numbers have so few possible values that an attacker can hash them all, which is why a bare hash is weak protection for them.
Also written: brute-force
An attack that tries every possible value until one matches. Card numbers have so few possible values that an attacker can hash them all, which is why a bare hash is weak protection for them.