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Internet Security is a growing issue within the modern world. One of the weakest links in computer security is the use and misuse of passwords. As knowledge and technology becomes more widely spread, the methods of hacking passwords become increasingly easier and more accessible. With so much data being protected by passwords, it is important that these passwords are properly protected and secure. In this paper we present numerous methods of hacking passwords, as well as preventative measures that you can take to prevent your passwords from being stolen or misused. Two new algorithms are presented under the category of brute force and dictionary attack and compared with John the Ripper, Cain & Abel, and HashCat algorithms.
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Gagneja, K., Jaimes, L.G. (2017). Computational Security and the Economics of Password Hacking. In: Doss, R., Piramuthu, S., Zhou, W. (eds) Future Network Systems and Security. FNSS 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 759. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65548-2_3
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