Protecting and Mitigating Against Cyber Threats

23Password Strength Testing: An Overview and Evaluation

Tanmay Agrawal¹, Kaushal Kanna¹, Azeem¹, Abishi Chowdhury¹, Shruti Mishra^2*, Sandeep Kumar Satapathy², Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh³ and Sachi Nandan Mohanty⁴

¹School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

²Centre for Advanced Data Science, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

³Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur Dist., Andhra Pradesh, India

⁴School of Computer Science & Engineering (SCOPE), VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

Although online accounts are designed to be secure places that accurately store one’s sensitive information, sources demonstrate how little some people do to maintain this safety by using weak passwords. Weak passwords present a variety of cyber threats as they are highly susceptible to tools used in the case of brute-force attacks and password cracking sources. As many people still actively use weak passwords, the purpose of this research is to create a reliable password strength testing tool. The hole that exists in this area concerns the fact that currently available password strength assessment instruments do not allow users to assess their passwords’ safety levels accurately and effectively. This issue exists in conjunction with a relatively high number of people using weak passwords that are easy to guess or do not ...