Password Theft

Password Theft

 Sandeep tried to login multiple times into his friend Pradeep's email account.

He used all possible combinations of letters by using Pradeep’s name, date of birth, birth place. However, after few failed attempts, he was  shown a CAPTCHA image to verify that he (Sandeep) is a human and is not a computer who is automatically trying innumerable attempts to crack the password. 

 By using a CAPTCHA image, the email provider had blocked what is called as a Brute Force Password Attack.

In fact, hackers can use many means to know your password and break into your system. 

An attacker may make use of dictionary words and combinations of standard number sequences to crack your password. 

An attacker may use a Brute-Force Method by having a computer program or script continuously try all possible combinations to gain access to an account. 

A hacker may use a program or hardware to track everything a user has typed -including their login IDs and passwords. Through such Key logger Attacks, even complex passwords can be accessed easily. 

What should you do.

1) Use long, secure passwords. 
2)Use different passwords for different accounts.
3) Where available, use the virtual keyboard to type the passwords.