Brute force/ Dictionary hacks

Brute Force/Dictionary/Password Cracking

There are 2 ways of doing this:

Hackers are most known for cracking passwords

• Brute force
• Dictionary hack

Brute Force

Brute force is the method of hackers manually guessing over and over again for a password. It is the most common and for the most part least effective method of cracking unless your password is very simple

As a result of this, the easiest two ways is to:

1. Limit the amount of times a password can be guessed by locking the user out after a set amount of attempts
2. Using a Strong password (Random Capitalisation, letter subtitution, symbols, etc...)

Dictionary Hack

This method is when the hacker runs an application that enters words from a dictionary of potential passwords until it finds the correct one

The method of prevention is the same as the previous method of prevention, just don't use commonly used passwords