Types Of Password Attacks In Details you must know!(2019)

Types Of Password Attacks In Details you must know!(2019)

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Password cracking techniques are used to recover passwords from computer systems, files etc.

Attacker's use these password cracking techniques to gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable systems. Most of the password cracking techniques are successful due to weak are easily guessable passwords.

Non-Electronic Attack

It is the type of attack in which an attacker does not need any technical knowledge to crack password hence it is called as non-technical attack.
Some of the examples are shoulder surfing, social engineering and Dumpster Diving.

Active online attacks

It is a attack in which an attacker perform password cracking by directly communicating with the victim machine. Some of the examples are Brute force/ Dictionary , Hash injection, phishing, usb stealer, keyloggers, trojan, spywares etc.

Passive online attack

It is an attack in which an attacker perform password cracking without communicating with the victim machine. Some of the examples are wire sniffing, Man in the middle attack, reply attack, etc.

Offline attack

It is a attack in which an attacker copies the target's password file which is encrypted and then tries to crack password in his own system at different location. Some of the examples are pre-Computed Hashes (Rainbow Table), Distributed network, etc.

So the main thing is password can not be found are hacked if lost are forgotten. They can only be recovered through alternative backups such as email, number, etc. Hackers guess or sniff the password while many people misunderstand that they create exact password on their own.


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