Cisco Warns of Massive Surge in Password Spraying Attacks on VPNs

Cisco Talos Signals Alarm Over Rising Brute-Force Attacks on VPN and Web Services

In a recent advisory, Cisco Talos has sounded the alarm on a significant uptick in brute-force attacks, targeting a variety of online gateways, including VPN services, SSH services, and Web application authentication interfaces. These sophisticated cyber onslaughts are primarily characterized by the attackers' employment of both generic and valid usernames to infiltrate disparate victim environments.