#COMPROMISED PASSWORDS PASSWORD#

#COMPROMISED PASSWORDS PASSWORD#

Common passwords or even not-so-common passwords that show up in data breaches can be used as attack vectors by the bad guys and they know that people typically use the same password across all of their websites and applications, including banking.

If the password has appeared in a dark web data breach, that password must never be used again, by that affected person or any other person. My advice is to never reuse passwords and never use similar password formulas that only change by a single number, such as year.”Ĭraig Lurey, Co-founder and CTO at password management provider Keeper Security To prevent such types of attacks, a user should use a strong password which is unique for each account or use a password manager combined with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This is an attack to create wordlists that will attempt to guess a user’s password based on previously used passwords. Once an attacker has access to several users’ password formulas, they can easily use cracking rules. If the victim uses weak passwords, then an attacker can crack that encrypted password, typically within a few minutes. In most password data breaches, attackers get their hands on your encrypted password (typically known as a hashed password).

Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory chief information security officer at Washington D.C.-based Thycotic:

Compromised passwords