Password Strength Checkers - Mostly Useless...
projectblack.io | research | #ntlm | #gpu-cracking | #password-security | #security-education | #password-strength | #hash-cracking
Summary
Four of the top 10 password strength checkers give misleading advice: a password rated as needing millions of years to crack fell in 8 seconds on one RTX 3070 against NTLM. Calls for better guidance.
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--- id: 3766 title: "Password Strength Checkers - Mostly Useless..." source_domain: projectblack.io source_url: "https://projectblack.io/blog/trusted-by-millions-yet-so-wrong/" published_at: "2023-10-20T07:31:54Z" tags: ["ntlm", "gpu-cracking", "password-security", "security-education", "password-strength", "hash-cracking"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3766" lang: en --- # Password Strength Checkers - Mostly Useless... ## Summary Four of the top 10 password strength checkers give misleading advice: a password rated as needing millions of years to crack fell in 8 seconds on one RTX 3070 against NTLM. Calls for better guidance. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** projectblack.io - **Published:** 2023-10-20T07:31:54Z - **Original:** https://projectblack.io/blog/trusted-by-millions-yet-so-wrong/ - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3766