Passwords

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Evaldas Grišius VI(F)2

Vilnius UniversityKaunas Faculty of Humanities

Why passwords are important?

Ways of stealing passwords

Password generation

Tips for making strong password

CAPTCHA

ReCAPTCHA

CAPTCHA based security

Plan

They are the entry point to IT and other enterprise resources.

They provide access to the VPN, e-mail servers, and the network.

Misused or stolen passwords can give intruders access to your personal info.

Why passwords are important?

Social Engineering

Keylogger

Web Spoofing

Facing Email

Password Cracking

Session hijacking

Being a Proxy Server

Utilizing User Negligence In Use Browser Features

Google (and others accounts)

And many more….

Ways of stealing passwords

Social Engineering

Keylogger

Web Spoofing

Facing Email

Password Cracking

Session hijacking

Being a Proxy Server

Utilizing User Negligence In Use Browser Features

Google (and others accounts)

And many more….

Ways of stealing passwords

Password – instantly

qwertyuiop - instantly

random1 – 19 seconds

Random1 – 14 minutes

Random 1 – 5 days

123456789 – instantly

X123456789 – 10 days

XX123456789 – a year

Xx123456789 – 412 years

https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Social Engineering

Keylogger

Web Spoofing

Facing Email

Password Cracking

Session hijacking

Being a Proxy Server

Utilizing User Negligence In Use Browser Features

Google (and others accounts)

And many more….

Ways of stealing passwords

Why should your password be unique on every site?

Making your passwords unique for every account and site protects you because even if hackers gain access to one of them, they won’t be able to get into the others.

create random passwords that are secure and difficult to guess due to a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and punctuation

passwords created by the user that are unique and made up due what is easiest for the user to remember

User Generated

Random Generated

Password Generation

Tips for making strong password

8 characters or longer, which forces you to use multiple words or extra symbols. ...

Have upper case, lower case, symbols, and numbers; or at least three of those four groups. ...

Should not be a common word and should not be a common phrase

Password – instantly

qwertyuiop - instantly

random1 – 19 seconds

Random1 – 14 minutes

Random 1 – 5 days

123456789 – instantly

X123456789 – 10 days

XX123456789 – a year

Xx123456789 – 412 years

https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Tips for making strong password

should not contain a date, a name, or other things that can be associated with you

should not be a suggestion when you type in the first few characters into Google.

Tips for making strong password

should not contain a date, a name, or other things that can be associated with you

should not be a suggestion when you type in the first few characters into Google.

Tips for making strong password

KEEP IN MIND that password is strong only if you can remember it anytime !

Use your own password generating techniques!

CAPTCHA

A CAPTCHA (an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human.

ReCAPTCHA

Every time you type a two-word Captcha, you're helping to digitize the world's printed archives.

ReCAPTCHA, turns us all into unknowing volunteers in a massive public works project.

CAPTCHA-based security

Conclusion

Nowadays it is important to have strong password in order to protect personal account

Take strides to make strong passwords that are not obvious to someone familiar with you.

Remember to change your passwordon a regular basis.

References

• http://indonetworksecurity.com/social-network-security/how-hackers-steal-password.htm

• http://rumkin.com/tools/password/passchk.php• http://simsblog.typepad.com/simsblog/2009/07/every-time-you-type-a-

twoword-captcha-you-are-helping-to-digitize-the-worlds-printed-archives.html

• https://howsecureismypassword.net/