Imperva Releases Detailed Password Cracking Analysis | Reuters.
This is a read for any system admin worth their salt in the computer industry.
The report details:
- How hackers bypass security controls to protect passwords.
- Popular, key online resources hackers employ, including one website containing 50 billion possible password permutations.
- Key steps that Imperva recommends IT teams within enterprises undertake in order to mitigate password breaches. Among those are.
- Using passphrases
- Enforce strong password policy
- Use a special form of encryption known as “salted digests.”
The complete report is located here. Details on the earlier consumer report found here.
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