Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· dtommasino

Check for Weak Credentials

If you want to check your DB server to ensure no one is using a weak username and password...you can leverage a brute force tool to check credentials. Here is a quick python script for such a task:

https://github.com/modlearning/mysql-scanner

Make sure you have permission to run this against the DB server

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