How to Crack Password : Infographic
Password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data. Authentication is the first step to measure the security of a website, So before deciding and logging in to a site or domain we recommend you to read more of what the site offer and how secure could you be in case you'll be registering.
These points identify the importance of password but what if someone get your username and password than he/she can get the full administrator access into your account. This is not a joke because passwords are at the hit list of hackers, an attacker can easily crack or even hack your password.
Methods of attack:
Password cracking doesn't always involve sophisticated tools. It can be as simple as finding a sticky note with the password written on it stuck right to the monitor or hidden under a keyboard.
- First One is Guessing
- Dictionary based attack
- Hybrid attack
- Last one is Brute force attack
Attackers: how and why they attack
There is an on-going debate about the definition of the word hacker. A hacker can be anyone with a deep interest in computer-based technology; it does not necessarily define someone who wants to do harm. The term attacker can be used to describe a malicious hacker. Another term for an attacker is a black hat. Security analysts are often called white hats, and white-hat analysis is the use of hacking for defensive purposes.
An attacker always take an advantage of a weak password , Guessing is the most common and easiest attack in which an attacker manually try some combination for your password that reflect your daily routine, your hobbies and so on, here is the list of the stuffs that an attacker usually use while trying to guess a password.
- Your name
- Your parent's name
- Your children (s) name
- Phone number
- Your love one name, number
- Your hobbies
- DOB (date of birth)
- Your favorite star
- Your favorite singer/actor/actress/movie name/drama name
- Your city/country/town name
- Etc Etc.
Most of the user is not aware with the dark picture of cracking so they usually use weak passwords so that they easily remember it.
Dictionary based and brute force attack requires a strong word-list that contain:
• Dictionary words
• Most common passwords
• Most famous places
• Common names
A smart cracker usually create a wordlist according to the victim information, there are so many tools are available on the Internet to crack a password like brutus and THC-hydra are the most common.
THC hydra is the fats and flexible password cracking tool that can crack different protocls like HTTP, FTP, Telnet etc.
How to create a strong password:
• Your password must greater than 8 characters
• Your password must contain upper case and lower case alphabets
• Your password must contain some numbers
• Your password must have some special character
• Never use same password for different accounts
• Never use a password that is (are) related to you
