Hack : Types of password vulnerabilities
There are two types of vulnerabilities that can come with your passwords. They
include technical and user. For user vulnerabilities, we are talking about any
weaknesses that will come because of weak policies for passwords or when the
company doesn’t enforce the harder guidelines that are needed to keep the system
safe
One example of the user vulnerability is when people use the same password for
all of their accounts. This may be easier for the user to remember, but it makes it
so easy for the hacker to try. In fact, if the hacker finds one of your passwords,
they are going to assume that this password is used on all your accounts and will
try them all in.
There are trillions of password options available and the more complicated that
you can make the password, the harder it is for a hacker to get into the system. In
addition, you should consider changing up your password on occasion. If you keep
your password the same for too long, the hacker is more likely to open it up with
brute force attack. But if you change it around on occasion and make sure that your
passwords are not shared with more than one account, you are less likely to deal
with an attack.
There are also technical vulnerabilities that you have to watch out for on your
passwords. After the hacker is done going through and seeing if they can exploitthe user vulnerabilities, they will move on to see if there are some technical
vulnerabilities. There are a few common technical vulnerabilities including:
● The applications showing the password while the user types it on the
screen. Most applications won’t do this, but the user can sometimes change
this to have the letters show up. Shoulder surfers are able to look over and
see what your password is.
● Databases and programs that will store your password. Sometimes the
database won’t be secured properly, such as when you store the password
in a Word file, which is easy for the hacker to get into.
● Using databases that don’t have encryption and which can be accessed
by a lot of people who don’t have authorization.
● Use of techniques for encryption that are not that good. There are a lot
of developers who feel that their source codes are not known so they won’t
put in the right type of security This makes it easy for a hacker to get into
the system.
include technical and user. For user vulnerabilities, we are talking about any
weaknesses that will come because of weak policies for passwords or when the
company doesn’t enforce the harder guidelines that are needed to keep the system
safe
One example of the user vulnerability is when people use the same password for
all of their accounts. This may be easier for the user to remember, but it makes it
so easy for the hacker to try. In fact, if the hacker finds one of your passwords,
they are going to assume that this password is used on all your accounts and will
try them all in.
There are trillions of password options available and the more complicated that
you can make the password, the harder it is for a hacker to get into the system. In
addition, you should consider changing up your password on occasion. If you keep
your password the same for too long, the hacker is more likely to open it up with
brute force attack. But if you change it around on occasion and make sure that your
passwords are not shared with more than one account, you are less likely to deal
with an attack.
There are also technical vulnerabilities that you have to watch out for on your
passwords. After the hacker is done going through and seeing if they can exploitthe user vulnerabilities, they will move on to see if there are some technical
vulnerabilities. There are a few common technical vulnerabilities including:
● The applications showing the password while the user types it on the
screen. Most applications won’t do this, but the user can sometimes change
this to have the letters show up. Shoulder surfers are able to look over and
see what your password is.
● Databases and programs that will store your password. Sometimes the
database won’t be secured properly, such as when you store the password
in a Word file, which is easy for the hacker to get into.
● Using databases that don’t have encryption and which can be accessed
by a lot of people who don’t have authorization.
● Use of techniques for encryption that are not that good. There are a lot
of developers who feel that their source codes are not known so they won’t
put in the right type of security This makes it easy for a hacker to get into
the system.
