Essays about: "Insecure Passwords"

Found 5 essays containing the words Insecure Passwords.

  1. 1. Students’ Perception of Cyber Threat Severity : Investigating Alignment with Actual Risk Levels

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ramtin Erfani Torbaghani; [2023]
    Keywords : Cyber Security; Cyber Threat; Perception; Cyber Attack; Ransomware; Malware; Phishing; Packet Sniffing; Denial of Service; Insecure Passwords; IoT; Vulnerability Scanning; Brute Force Attacks; Awareness; Behaviour; Familiarity; University Students;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the alignment between students’ perception of cyber threats and their actual risk levels. A mixed-method approach was used, where data was collected from Swedish university students through questionnaires, capturing their perception, familiarity, experience, and protective behaviors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Blockchain Applicability in IoT Systems

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Axel Benjaminsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Blockchain; IoT; security; decentralization;

    Abstract : Background. The Internet of things (IoT) combines sensors and connectivity and can be applied to a wide variety of things. The security in these IoT devices is usually constrained by their limited hardware. When IoT handles sensitive data, security becomes an important challenge. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Theoretical Proposal of Two-Factor Authentication in Smartphones

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datalogi och datorsystemteknik

    Author : Oskar Persson; Erik Wermelin; [2017]
    Keywords : Two-factor authentication; smartphone; fingerprint authentication;

    Abstract : Context. For a user to gain access to a protected resource on the web,the user needs to get authenticated. There are different forms of authenti-cation, among the most common is the ordinary user name and passwordscheme. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mobile One Time Passwords and RC4 Encryption for Cloud Computing

    University essay from Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE)

    Author : A.S.M Faruque Azam; Markus Johnsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Network Security; Cloud Computing; Authentication system; Cloud Computing security;

    Abstract : Cloud services have grown very quickly over the past couple of years, giving consumers and companies the chance to put services, resources and infrastructures in the hands of a provider. Therefore removing the need of providing these services themselves. READ MORE

  6. 5. User Authentication: Passive USB tokens, an alternative to Passwords?

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Kristoffer Rosvall; Kristofer Niklasson; [2009-12-21T11:13:57Z]
    Keywords : user authentication; token; pass-;

    Abstract : Most personal computers today employ knowl- edge based user authentication e.g. password pro- tection. Nevertheless, password protection is re- garded as insecure. READ MORE