Description: Current password policies in enterprise environments are just not cutting it any more. Every day password cracking tools are becoming faster andnetwork breaches are becoming much more prevalent. In the last few years password-cracking tools have even harnessed the power of graphics processing units and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) making password recovery much easier and faster. This has re-established password cracking as a viable attack vector again and as a result millions of passwords have flooded the Internet recently from various password breaches. Through this presentation attendees will learn about the latest attacks, tools, and techniques employed by today's password crackers, as well as potential countermeasures that can help protect against these attacks. Anyone who has anything to do with password policy at a company should be interested in this talk. People always are, and always will be the weakest link in any network environment and password creation left up to the user can be detrimental to an organizations infrastructure.
Tags: Hack3rcon 2011 , Martin Bos , purehate ,
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