Patator is a powerful and flexible tool used for brute force penetration testing of authentication systems. It supports multiple protocols and services such as SSH, FTP, HTTP, MySQL, SMB, VNC, Telnet, RDP, and others. It also has the ability to execute custom attacks and control attack rates, making it more efficient and less susceptible to detection compared to other tools such as Hydra and Medusa. The potential harms of this tool are that it can be used to hack accounts with weak passwords, leading to unauthorized access to systems. It can also cause stress on targeted servers, consuming their resources and slowing down or disabling them. It can also be used to target administrator accounts, allowing the attacker to take complete control of the system. To protect against these risks, it is recommended to enable login restrictions via tools such as fail2ban to block IP addresses after a certain number of failed attempts. It is also necessary to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an additional layer of security to sensitive accounts, in addition to setting strong, long passwords that are difficult to guess. It is also preferable to enable login via SSH keys instead of regular passwords when using remote services and to constantly monitor security logs to detect any suspicious login attempts and take the necessary measures immediately.

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