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Feb 09 2026 Password guessing without AI: How attackers build targeted wordlists

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Attackers don't need AI to crack passwords, they build targeted wordlists from an organization's own public language. This article explains how tools like CeWL turn websites into high-success password guesses and why complexity rules alone fall short. [...]

Posted by Sponsored by Specops Software on Mon 09 February 2026 in BleepingComputer.

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