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Open source default credential testing with Brutus

April 4, 2026Praetorian

Praetorian argues default credentials still drive more breaches than zero days and promotes Brutus as an open-source way to test at scale across many protocols.

Default credentials still cause more breaches than zero-days.
Most teams don't test for them at scale.
Brutus does. 22 protocols. One binary. Open source.
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offensive securitycredential hygieneopen sourcezero days

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