what is the brute force attack | brute force attack tool

what is a brute force attack......????

A  Brute forces attack users  for trial- and error to guess login into, encryption keys or find a hidden web page hackers works through all possible  combinations hoping to guess correctly 

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types of brute fores attack ??? 

(i) Simple brute force attack .A simple brute force attack uses automation and scripts to guess passwords 

(ii) Dictionary Attack 

(iii) Credential stuffing 

(iv) Reverse Brute fores attack

(v) password spraying 

(vi) Botnets 

(vi) uses multifactor authentication......

brute fores attack tool in kali linux

(i) cewl tool 
(ii) crunch tool 
(ii) Hashcat tool 
(iii) john the ripper toolkit 
(iv) medusa tool 
(v) ncrack tool 
(vi) ophcrack tool 
(vii  wo rdlists utility