Password spraying has been one of the hottest topics in cyber security in the last few years. Right off the heels of multiple high-profile breaches, it’s been getting a lot of attention from security vendors, reporters, and the security community as a whole. In this post, we’ll discuss why password spraying is increasing in prevalence, and steps your organization can take to detect it. What is password spraying? Put simply, password spraying is when attackers attempt to gain access to a victim’s account by trying passwords that users are likely to use. This is not to be confused with password stuffing, wherein attackers use previously-compromised credentials for similar accounts from other services. Why is password spraying on the rise? Password spraying is becoming a significant issue for the industry due to a number of factors. More users are leveraging more applications More and more business applications and consumer services are.