Week 9 - Brute Force Attacks and Tips

Hi everyone!

 

Welcome to another installment of In the Secure with Rich!  Today I wanted to cover brute force attacks. These attacks are primarily aiming towards cracking easy passwords using dictionary attacks. A dictionary attack uses previously stolen passwords that cross references a list of username and password. It is important to note that using strong passwords is always recommended to prevent the duration of the crack. Unfortunately, no password is safe and eventually will get cracked. A method to avoid password cracking is setting up a policy to change a password once or twice a year. If previous passwords were stolen, it wouldn’t matter due to the duration it would take and the password no longer bring the same!