Essay On Password

A Password is a unique combination of letters, numbers and special characters to access any data or to get authentication in password protected applications or files and used to get access to any private data and accounts. A password protects us from unauthorized user access.
Attacking Passwords are the classical way to gain access to a password protected system including login IDs, username, etc. in several possible ways. In this world of internet there are endless opportunities for cybercriminals to steal private information, play with websites, or just to give trouble. There are several reasons for someone to crack your password but basic goal is to gain access to your computer system or network.

A cybercriminal who gets access to your system or network can easily affect your security. He can even change the security or else may let you out of your own network.
So the first step in cracking a network is to find password. Some common attacks are:
• Social Engineering Attack
• Brute Force Attack
• Keyboard Attack
• Hybrid Attack
• Intercepting
• Dictionary Attack
• Trojan Horses
• Phishing Social Engineering Attack
Social Engineering Attack involves manipulating people to reveal private information like access code or security info.
Very highly secured network or technology can also be overcome

Brute Forcing & Dictionary Attacking may take a day or week or even a month to get password but if you know the formation of any password then with the help of hybrid attack you can get the password in few minutes. Like my name is Vishal Prakash and I have a password of my username to access college network which is in a particular formation. Let’s say the institute made a password as 1st two alphabets of 1st name then last name then any 4 number of your choice. It could be ‘viprakash2249’, it is a strong password & if you want to brute force or use dictionary that could take days to get