Essays about: "password guessing"

Found 5 essays containing the words password guessing.

  1. 1. The trends in the offline password-guessing field : Offline guessing attack on Swedish real-life passwords

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologi

    Author : Yasser Zarzour; Mohamad Alchtiwi; [2023]
    Keywords : Password security; password-guessing tool; password-guessing method; password-guessing technique; offline attack; Swedish password leak; Lösenordssäkerhet; lösenordsgissningsverktyg; lösenordsgissningsmetoder; lösenordsgissningstekniker; offline attack; svenska lösenordsläckor;

    Abstract : Password security is one of the most critical aspects of IT security, as password-based authentication is still the primary authentication method. Unfortunately, our passwords are subject to different types of weaknesses and various types of password-guessing attacks. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluating APS Ecosystem Security : Novel IoT Enabled Medical Platform for Diabetes Patients

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

    Author : Batuhan Ceylan; [2020]
    Keywords : security; medical device; penetration testing; web application; IoT; säkerhet; medicinsk IoT; penetrationstest; webbapplikation;

    Abstract : Computing technology has been getting more reliable and cheaper every year for the past several decades. Consequently, IoT devices have now become a part of medical technology. One example of this is a new open-source technology that has emerged for type-1 diabetes patients, which regulates the patients’ blood glucose levels. READ MORE

  4. 3. Enhanced password recovery through user profiling : Improving password guessing accuracy by utilizing user metadata

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

    Author : Mohammadmahdi Khorsravi Joashaghani; [2020]
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    Abstract : The ability to recover passwords is an important step in red-teaming and penetration testing and can help users to prevent data loss in case the data is password protected and the password is lost. In this thesis, an exploration of password recovery is made by incorporating user profiling. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparison of Automated Password Guessing Strategies

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Informationskodning

    Author : Tobias Lundberg; [2019]
    Keywords : password guessing; password cracking; security; lösenordsgissning; lösenordsknäckning; säkerhet;

    Abstract : This thesis examines some of the currently available programs for password guessing, in terms of designs and strengths. The programs Hashcat, OMEN, PassGAN, PCFG and PRINCE were tested for effectiveness, in a series of experiments similar to real-world attack scenarios. READ MORE

  6. 5. A shoulder-surfing resistant graphical password system

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Elias Alesand; Hanna Sterneling; [2017]
    Keywords : shoulder-surfing; resistant; graphical password system; guessing attacks; graphical passwords; recognition-based; recall-based; pure recall-based; password; security; password space; pictorial superiority effect; brute-force attack; dictionary attack; hot-spots; memorability; graphical components; authentication;

    Abstract : The focus of this report is to discuss graphical password systems and how they can contribute to handle security problems that threaten authentication processes. One such threat is shoulder-surfing attacks, which are also reviewed in this report. READ MORE