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Weak passwords prone to hacking

Hyderabad: Despite the advancements in technology, big tech companies like Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, Wikipedia still allow basic words like 'password', surname, date of birth or username with number to be used as passwords. Companies often blame users for bad passwords which make them vulnerable and open to cyber victimisation like Password Spray attacks and Brute Force attacks. In Brute Force attack, hackers choose a vulnerable id and enter passwords one after another hoping some password might let them in. Mr Venkat Krishnapur, managing director, McAfee said, “Mandating a complex password definitely makes the platform enormously secure, but this may not be the most compatible approach for non-tech savvy users or the senior generation.

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