CNET Editors' review Passwords are perhaps the weakest links in the cyber-security chain; if they're complex enough to be secure, you probably won't be able to remember them. Add the fact that every other site seems to require a password, and it's easy to see why far too many people end up using one or two simple passwords that are easy to remember, and easy to crack, too. You can write your passwords down on a piece of paper that you can look for and fail to find when you need it, or you can download and install G Length: the number of characters the password contains. Complexity: does it use a combination of letters, numbers and symbol? Unpredictability: is it something that can be guessed easily by an attacker? Let’s now look at a practical example. We will use three passwords namely 1. password 2. password1 3. password1$ For this example, we will use the password strength indicator of Cpanel when creating passwords. The images below show the password strengths of each of the above listed passwords. Note: the password used is password the strength is 1 and it’s very weak. Note: the password used is password1 the strength is 28 and it’s still weak. Note: The password used is password1$ the strength is 60 and it’s strong. The higher the strength.
Sec Tools. Org: Top 125 Network Security Tools For more than a decade, the Nmap Project has been cataloguing the network security community's favorite tools. In 2011 this site became much more dynamic, offering ratings, reviews, searching, sorting, and a new tool suggestion form. This site allows open source and commercial tools on any platform, except those tools that we maintain (such as the Nmap Security Scanner, Ncat network connector, and Nping packet manipulator). We're very impressed by the collective smarts of the security community and we highly recommend reading the whole list and investigating any tools you are unfamiliar with. Click any tool name for more details on that particular application, including the chance to read (and write) reviews. Many site elements are explained by tool tips if you hover your mouse over them. Enjoy! Sort by: popularity rating release date 12 tools Aircrack is a suite of tools for 802.11a/b/g WEP and WPA cracking. It implements the best known cracking algorithms to recover wireless keys once enough encrypted packets have been gathered. The suite comprises over a dozen discrete tools, including airodump (an 802.11 packet capture program aireplay (an 802.11 packet injection program aircrack (static WEP and WPA- PSK cracking and airdecap (decrypts WEP/ WPA capture files). Read 15 reviews. Latest release: version 1.1 on April 24, 2010 (4 years, 11 months ago). UNIX users often smugly assert that the best free security tools support their platform first, and Windows ports are often an afterthought. They are usually right, but Cain & Abel is a glaring exception. This Windows-only password recovery tool handles an enormous variety of tasks. It can recover passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using dictionary, brute-force and cryptanalysis attacks, recording Vo IP conversations, decoding scrambled.
Enjoy this article as well as all of our content, including E- Guides, news, tips and more. You forgot to provide an Email Address. This email address doesn’t appear to be valid. This email address is already registered. Please login. You have exceeded the maximum character limit. Please provide a Corporate E-mail Address. By submitting my Email address I confirm that I have read and accepted the Terms of Use and Declaration of Consent. By submitting your email address, you agree to receive emails regarding relevant topic offers from Tech Target and its partners. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Contact Tech Target at 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA. You also agree that your personal information may be transferred and processed in the United States, and that you have read and agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. How do your Web applications stand up to authentication attacks? Have you taken the time to analyze just how your account passwords can be cracked? Sure, passwords and Web login mechanisms are boring compared to the fun you can have testing for SQL injection and cross-site scripting ( XSS but they're still a big weakness that deserve ongoing attention. A lot of Web sites are deemed secure as long as Secure Sockets Layer ( SSL) is being used. Ha! If only it were that simple. Unlike operating system and database accounts that have strong password controls that are simple to implement and enforce, Web application authentication controls are all over the map. This mish-mash of security is the basis of Web login vulnerabilities and why passwords are often easily cracked. Be it form-based, HTTP Basic, or NT LAN Manager ( NTLM) (the three main types of authentication that most applications use any of them can be cracked when proper login controls are not in place. And they're usually not. Some common vulnerabilities that I see that can easily lead.
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