Password Cracking

The problem lies with the ever increasing abilities of computers to process larger amounts of data in a smaller amount of time. A password is just a string of characters, typically only keyboard characters, which a person must remember and type into a computer terminal when required....

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How PIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security

Hackers have crossed into new frontiers by devising sophisticated ways to steal large amounts of personal identification numbers, or PINs, protecting credit and debit cards, says an investigator. The attacks involve both unencrypted PINs and encrypted PINs that attackers have found a way to crack, according to an investigator behind a new report looking at the data breaches...

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