Sentences with phrase «dictionary attacks»

The new standard will also protect against «dictionary attacks», making it more difficult to guess a Wi - Fi network's passphrase with password - cracking software.

Your best bet is choosing a password that foils dictionary attacks all - together.

It's incredibly hard for both humans and machines to crack (dictionary attacks will be thrown off by the words having no logical connection, length will make brute force attacks take forever).

Most dictionary attacks are also really good at figuring out number or symbol substitutions, like 1 for i or @ for a.

Both of these types of passwords are still susceptible to dictionary attacks, since some of these phrases are likely to be in a hacker's dictionary.

Long, complex urls to prevent dictionary attacks.

One of the reasons why it's suggested one use a passphrase rather than password is to forestall dictionary attacks.

That way, you've thwarted the dictionary attacks without decreasing the memorizability.

By using a so - called dictionary attack — a program that guesses passwords by systematically trying every word in the dictionary — the hacker had figured out a Twitter employee's password: happiness.

These weak passwords are no match for a dictionary attack, say security experts.

Pretty easy to remember, but tough for a dictionary attack to guess.

Thus, a possible invader will hit a virtual brick wall before reaching passwords, since using a dictionary attack becomes highly impractical, and, well, worthless.

Password management processes and policies can ensure both that passwords are strong (i.e. not easy to guess either manually or via a dictionary attack, for example requiring upper and lower case letters as well as numbers and / or symbols) and that they are changed regularly.

Since Watts has encouraged his readers to crack it, I'd think at least one would try a dictionary attack.

A «dictionary attack» is just what it sounds like, plus a list of common variants (like @ instead of a) and well - known passwords (like 12345, password, and asdfghjkl).

One is a dictionary attack.

Not exact matches

Dictionary Attack: A hacker users an automated program that runs through «every word in the dictionary» — hundreds of thousands of words — in an attempt to guess the password.

Be it taking out a Russian attack helicopter with a stealthy hero or destroying a whirlybird by damaging its rotor blades with bottles of hooch during a zombie apocalypse; the following fights with airborne a-holes are the definition of badass... eh, if someone's recently rewritten the dictionary.

However, since this became so popular, many common phrases have been added to hacker dictionaries, making these passwords more susceptible to attack.