Most Passwords Take A Matter Of Minutes To Crack - Here's How You Can Create Strong, Hacker-Resistant Credentials
ITProToday, Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Passwords are still criminally insecure and can be cracked or guessed by hackers with ease, but what precautions can you take to avoid getting breached?
The majority of passwords can be easily guessed or cracked by hackers, new research shows, prompting renewed calls from security experts to bolster password security practices.
In a study conducted by Kaspersky, the security firm analyzed 193 million compromised passwords available on the dark web and the results of the investigation indicated 45% of the passwords could be guessed by hackers within a minute.
The study calculated that hackers armed with a high-performance laptop CPU would be able to brute force an eight-character password composed of lowercase letters and digits in 7 minutes.
Only 23% of the analyzed passwords met the requirements to be classified as resistant, meaning they would take an attacker over a year to compromise on average.