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+1. Found an email in a hidden `<input>` tag in the **Recover Password** page: `webmaster@borntosec.com`
+1. Got a list of common passwords to test from [https://github.com/duyet/bruteforce-database/blob/master/38650-password-sktorrent.txt]()
+1. Made a script to brute force the login
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+If you're getting false positives with the script use a smaller `BATCH_SIZE`.
+
+**How to protect against this?**
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+[https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/stable/4-Web_Application_Security_Testing/04-Authentication_Testing/07-Testing_for_Weak_Password_Policy]()
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+- 2FA
+- Strong password policy
+- Forbid password reuse
+- Password aging