![]() Unchecked user input Password Management Flaws įundamental operating system design flaws.▪Īre not based on personal information, names of family, etc. Not a word in any language, slang, dialect, jargon, etc. Have digits, punctuation characters, and letters (e.g., 0-9! (e.g., 0-9! ▪Īre at least eight alphanumeric characters long. Strong passwords have the following characteristics: ▪Ĭontain both upper- and lowercase characters (e.g., a–z, A–Z). ▪Īny of the above preceded or followed by a digit (e.g., secret1, 1secret). Word or number patterns like aaabbb, qwerty, zyxwvuts, 123321, etc. ▪īirthdays and other personal information such as addresses and phone numbers. The words sanjose, “sanfran,” or any derivation. ▪Ĭomputer terms and names, commands, sites, companies, hardware, software. Names of family, pets, friends, coworkers, fantasy characters, etc. The password is a word found in a dictionary (English or foreign). The password contains fewer than eight characters. Poor, weak passwords have the following characteristics: ▪ Similarly creating a very complex password won’t serve the purpose if we write it and paste it on our desk which also should be kept safe. It’s not just about the safe but also about the security of the key. Let’s say, for example, I created a huge metal safe to store all my valuable things and put the key just on top of that. Strong password is also needed to be stored properly. Though that can be hard to remember as a security point of view it’s quite secure. Weak passwords can be guessable or attacker can bruteforce if the length of the password is very small, so try to use random strings with special characters. So do not use password related to name, place, or mobile number. , it looks quite complex password but can be guessable. Weak password does not always mean length and the characters used, it also means the guessability. For the ease of user, sometime applications do not enforce password complexity and as a result of that users use simple passwords such as password, password123,, 12345, god, own mobile number etc. Weak passwords always play a major role in any hack. Sudhanshu Chauhan, Nutan Kumar Panda, in Hacking Web Intelligence, 2015 Weak password ![]()
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