A common threat web developers face is a password-guessing attack known as a brute force attack.

A brute-force attack is an attempt to discover a password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until you discover the one correct combination that works.

If your web site requires user authentication, you are a good target for a brute-force attack.

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