Passwords

Author : Mark Burnett
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080489513
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perfect Password written by Mark Burnett and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User passwords are the keys to the network kingdom, yet most users choose overly simplistic passwords (like password) that anyone could guess, while system administrators demand impossible to remember passwords littered with obscure characters and random numerals. Every computer user must face the problems of password security. According to a recent British study, passwords are usually obvious: around 50 percent of computer users select passwords based on names of a family member, spouse, partner, or a pet. Many users face the problem of selecting strong passwords that meet corporate security requirements. Too often, systems reject user-selected passwords because they are not long enough or otherwise do not meet complexity requirements. This book teaches users how to select passwords that always meet complexity requirements. A typical computer user must remember dozens of passwords and they are told to make them all unique and never write them down. For most users, the solution is easy passwords that follow simple patterns. This book teaches users how to select strong passwords they can easily remember. * Examines the password problem from the perspective of the administrator trying to secure their network * Author Mark Burnett has accumulated and analyzed over 1,000,000 user passwords and through his research has discovered what works, what doesn't work, and how many people probably have dogs named Spot * Throughout the book, Burnett sprinkles interesting and humorous password ranging from the Top 20 dog names to the number of references to the King James Bible in passwords

Author : Jason McDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781975999155
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Password Book written by Jason McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Password Book and MORE! UPDATED: September, 2017 - Get ** Up-to-date ** Info on Internet Security & Passwords Includes: A PASSWORD BOOK (write down your passwords) | SCAM & SECURITY EDUCATION (Learn how to avoid being scammed online) | a PASSWORD SYSTEM (Create easy-to-remember but hard-to-guess passwords). More on THE PASSWORD BOOK - a password organizer / journal for mere mortals! Jason McDonald - written by a successful practitioner of Internet marketing. An Easy to Follow Method - written in PLAIN ENGLISH for MERE MORTALS. Easily secure yourself against scams, thieves, and hucksters online Got Questions? - just Google 'Jason McDonald' and send a quick email or call. Rebate Offer - each PASSWORD BOOK contains a $5 off survey offer. The author, Jason McDonald, has instructed thousands of people in his classes in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Stanford Continuing Studies, as well as online. Jason speaks in simple English and makes complex concepts easy to understand. Table of Contents Anatomy of a Scam - learn how scams work and how you can secure yourself against scams and online thievery. Common Scamfoolery - scam templates that explain the structure of scams. The Pledge of Paranoia - a fun, simple mantra to help you stay scam-free and secure online. How to Generate Strong Passwords - an easy system to generate strong passwords. Your Computer - simple steps to secure your computer. Your Email - simple steps to secure your email. Your Mobile Phone - simple steps to secure your mobile phone. Your Financial Accounts - simple steps to secure your bank accounts and credit cards. Facebook - simple steps to secure Facebook. Amazon - simple steps to secure Amazon. Your Password Generation System - a place to write down your password generation system. Your Passwords from A to Z - a place to write down your passwords. Appendix - Scam Resources - learn more about scams! Check out the other password books, password organizers, and password journals - they are but mere places to write down passwords, without teaching you how to 'think' about online security and stay safe.

Author : Frank Stajano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319299387
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Practice of Passwords written by Frank Stajano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conferenceproceedings of the 9th International Conference on Passwords, PASSWORDS2015, held in Cambridge, UK, in December 2015. The 6 revised full papers presented together with 3 revised short paperswere carefully reviewed and selected from 32 initial submissions. Thepapers are organized in topical sections on human factors, attacks, and cryptography.

Author : Stig F. Mjølsnes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319241923
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Practice of Passwords written by Stig F. Mjølsnes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Passwords, PASSWORDS 2014, held in Trondheim, Norway, in December 2014. The 8 revised full papers presented together with 2 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on hash functions, usability, analyses and new techniques.

Author : Paul Dunphy
Publisher : Paul Dunphy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usable, Secure and Deployable Graphical Passwords written by Paul Dunphy and published by Paul Dunphy. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joe Kissell
Publisher : alt concepts
ISBN 13 : 1990783309
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Take Control of Your Passwords, 4th Edition written by Joe Kissell and published by alt concepts. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcome password frustration with Joe Kissell's expert advice! Version 4.1.1, updated March 21, 2024 Password overload has driven many of us to take dangerous shortcuts. If you think ZombieCat12 is a secure password, that you can safely reuse a password, or that no one would try to steal your password, think again! Overcome password frustration with expert advice from Joe Kissell! Passwords have become a truly maddening aspect of modern life, but with this book, you can discover how the experts handle all manner of password situations, including multi-factor authentication that can protect you even if your password is hacked or stolen. The book explains what makes a password secure and helps you create a strategy that includes using a password manager, working with oddball security questions like "What is your pet’s favorite movie?", and making sure your passwords are always available when needed. Joe helps you choose a password manager (or switch to a better one) in a chapter that discusses desirable features and describes nine different apps, with a focus on those that work in macOS, iOS, Windows, and Android. The book also looks at how you can audit your passwords to keep them in tip-top shape, use two-step verification and two-factor authentication, and deal with situations where a password manager can’t help. New in the Fourth Edition is complete coverage of passkeys, which offer a way to log in without passwords and are rapidly gaining popularity—but also come with a new set of challenges and complications. The book also now says more about passcodes for mobile devices. An appendix shows you how to help a friend or relative set up a reasonable password strategy if they're unable or unwilling to follow the recommended security steps, and an extended explanation of password entropy is provided for those who want to consider the math behind passwords. This book shows you exactly why: • 9-character passwords with upper- and lowercase letters, digits, and punctuation are not strong enough. • You cannot turn a so-so password into a great one by tacking a punctuation character and number on the end. • It is not safe to use the same password everywhere, even if it’s a great password. • A password is not immune to automated cracking because there’s a delay between login attempts. • Even if you’re an ordinary person without valuable data, your account may still be hacked, causing you problems. • You cannot manually devise “random” passwords that will defeat potential attackers. • Just because a password doesn’t appear in a dictionary, that does not necessarily mean that it’s adequate. • It is not a smart idea to change your passwords every month. • Truthfully answering security questions like “What is your mother’s maiden name?” does not keep your data more secure. • Adding a character to a 10-character password does not make it 10% stronger. • Easy-to-remember passwords like “correct horse battery staple” will not solve all your password problems. • All password managers are not pretty much the same. • Passkeys are beginning to make inroads, and may one day replace most—but not all!—of your passwords. • Your passwords will not be safest if you never write them down and keep them only in your head. But don’t worry, the book also teaches you a straightforward strategy for handling your passwords that will keep your data safe without driving you batty.

Author : Helen M. Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Use of Passwords for Controlled Access to Computer Resources written by Helen M. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8119385810
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book App Ranking and Category Discovery and Encrypted Pessimistic Password Authentication written by and published by Archers & Elevators Publishing House. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tobias Seitz
Publisher : Tobias Seitz
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supporting Users in Password Authentication with Persuasive Design written by Tobias Seitz and published by Tobias Seitz. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activities like text-editing, watching movies, or managing personal finances are all accomplished with web-based solutions nowadays. The providers need to ensure security and privacy of user data. To that end, passwords are still the most common authentication method on the web. They are inexpensive and easy to implement. Users are largely accustomed to this kind of authentication but passwords represent a considerable nuisance, because they are tedious to create, remember, and maintain. In many cases, usability issues turn into security problems, because users try to work around the challenges and create easily predictable credentials. Often, they reuse their passwords for many purposes, which aggravates the risk of identity theft. There have been numerous attempts to remove the root of the problem and replace passwords, e.g., through biometrics. However, no other authentication strategy can fully replace them, so passwords will probably stay a go-to authentication method for the foreseeable future. Researchers and practitioners have thus aimed to improve users' situation in various ways. There are two main lines of research on helping users create both usable and secure passwords. On the one hand, password policies have a notable impact on password practices, because they enforce certain characteristics. However, enforcement reduces users' autonomy and often causes frustration if the requirements are poorly communicated or overly complex. On the other hand, user-centered designs have been proposed: Assistance and persuasion are typically more user-friendly but their influence is often limited. In this thesis, we explore potential reasons for the inefficacy of certain persuasion strategies. From the gained knowledge, we derive novel persuasive design elements to support users in password authentication. The exploration of contextual factors in password practices is based on four projects that reveal both psychological aspects and real-world constraints. Here, we investigate how mental models of password strength and password managers can provide important pointers towards the design of persuasive interventions. Moreover, the associations between personality traits and password practices are evaluated in three user studies. A meticulous audit of real-world password policies shows the constraints for selection and reuse practices. Based on the review of context factors, we then extend the design space of persuasive password support with three projects. We first depict the explicit and implicit user needs in password support. Second, we craft and evaluate a choice architecture that illustrates how a phenomenon from marketing psychology can provide new insights into the design of nudging strategies. Third, we tried to empower users to create memorable passwords with emojis. The results show the challenges and potentials of emoji-passwords on different platforms. Finally, the thesis presents a framework for the persuasive design of password support. It aims to structure the required activities during the entire process. This enables researchers and practitioners to craft novel systems that go beyond traditional paradigms, which is illustrated by a design exercise.

Author : James Leyte-Vidal
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1804613851
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethical Password Cracking written by James Leyte-Vidal and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigate how password protection works and delve into popular cracking techniques for penetration testing and retrieving data Key Features Gain guidance for setting up a diverse password-cracking environment across multiple platforms Explore tools such as John the Ripper, Hashcat, and techniques like dictionary and brute force attacks for breaking passwords Discover real-world examples and scenarios to navigate password security challenges effectively Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionWhether you’re looking to crack passwords as part of a thorough security audit or aiming to recover vital information, this book will equip you with the skills to accomplish your goals. Written by a cybersecurity expert with over fifteen years of experience in penetration testing, Ethical Password Cracking offers a thorough understanding of password protection and the correct approach to retrieving password-protected data. As you progress through the chapters, you first familiarize yourself with how credentials are stored, delving briefly into the math behind password cracking. Then, the book will take you through various tools and techniques to help you recover desired passwords before focusing on common cracking use cases, hash recovery, and cracking. Real-life examples will prompt you to explore brute-force versus dictionary-based approaches and teach you how to apply them to various types of credential storage. By the end of this book, you'll understand how passwords are protected and how to crack the most common credential types with ease.What you will learn Understand the concept of password cracking Discover how OSINT potentially identifies passwords from breaches Address how to crack common hash types effectively Identify, extract, and crack Windows and macOS password hashes Get up to speed with WPA/WPA2 architecture Explore popular password managers such as KeePass, LastPass, and 1Password Format hashes for Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum wallets, and crack them Who this book is for This book is for cybersecurity professionals, penetration testers, and ethical hackers looking to deepen their understanding of password security and enhance their capabilities in password cracking. You’ll need basic knowledge of file and folder management, the capability to install applications, and a fundamental understanding of both Linux and Windows to get started.