Episode 44 — Credential Attacks: Password Spraying, Brute Force, User Enumeration, and MFA Bypass
This episode covers credential attack patterns and how they differ in visibility, speed, and detection. Password spraying uses a small number of common passwords across many accounts to avoid lockouts, while brute force attacks try many password combinations against one or more accounts. User enumeration attempts to discover valid usernames through login messages, timing differences, password reset behavior, or directory exposure. Replay attacks reuse captured authentication material, and MFA bypass may involve prompt fatigue, stolen session tokens, phishing proxies, weak backup codes, or compromised devices. For the exam, students should match indicators to controls such as lockout thresholds, MFA hardening, monitoring, conditional access, user education, and credential compromise response. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with. And dont forget Cyberauthor.me for the companion study guide and flash cards!
