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Credential brute forcing

Syndu annotates all incoming traffic and extracts behavioral signals that help explain intent. This page defines the cred signal — what it means, how to interpret it, and how it will later connect to live evidence across IPs, subnets, organizations, ISPs, countries, and cities.

Signal gist Repeated authentication attempts consistent with password guessing or credential stuffing.
Read the definition → View live signal sections →

Definition

Canonical reference for cred behavior.
Catalog code
cred
Display name
Credential brute forcing
How to read this signal
This annotator represents a behavioral pattern, not a claim of identity. It’s designed to help you understand why certain traffic looks suspicious, automated, probing, or exploit-oriented — and to support consistent reporting across the Syndu system.
Explanation
Flags repeated login attempts and authentication workflows consistent with systematic credential guessing. Common indicators include high retry volume, repeated requests to login endpoints, high failure ratios, and tight timing between attempts. This is a behavioral classification; it does not claim success or identify the actor.

Live sections

These panels will be wired to real metrics, enrichment context, and drill-down links.
Signal footprint over time
Rolling volume, bursts, first/last seen, and time-window slices (e.g. last hour/day/week). This will help separate chronic background noise from active campaigns.
Coming next: time series + burst markers
Top affected entities
Links to the entities where cred is most present: IPs, subnets, organizations/ASNs, ISPs, and geographies — with “why” context.
Coming next: entity leaderboards + drill-down
Enrichment context
How enrichment affects interpretation: known crawlers, monitored ranges, trusted scanners, or policy exceptions. This is where “benign but noisy” gets separated from “unknown and risky.”
Coming next: enrichment flags + allowlist context