https://gkourgkoutas.net/en/tags/passwords/ Recent content in passwords on gkourgkoutas.net Hugo -- gohugo.io Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:33:59 +0100 https://gkourgkoutas.net/en/posts/passwords/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:33:59 +0100 https://gkourgkoutas.net/en/posts/passwords/ It’s rather bad than complex A lot of users1 always choose their passwords based on the same criteria: They use the same password for every service password reuse They use a combination of username + year of birth user95 The classic par excellence: season + year Winter2020 With common password lists, these kind of passwords can be found out in seconds. Even if they’re hashed, cracking them with tools like Hashcat2 in combination with rule based lists3 and potent hardware is not a big effort.