Practical Network Scanning

Password

Since we own internet enabled devices, we are responsible for our own security. So, let's begin with our passwords. As users, we must choose a strong password. Alternatively, organizations should encourage users to choose one.

Password analysis shows that quite a common password used by users is 123456 and other similar, simple patterns. Most users choose the same password across multiple platforms. If a server or database is compromised by hackers, it would be easy to crack passwords such as this.

Few common web portals contain personal information. However, if an employee is required to create a username consisting of their first and last name or employee ID, and this is combined with a simple default password such as abcX123