What is a Crypto Brute Force Attack?

A brute force attack on a cryptographic system is trying to decrypt or gain access to a password-protected resource by trying every possible combination of characters in the password. This is done by an attacker who does not know the password but has access to the encrypted resource. The attacker will use a computer program to try all possible combinations of characters in the password until the correct one is found. One practical example of a crypto brute force attack…