🔐Passwords are stored as encrypted hashes and can be decrypted by finding the right key
🌈Hacker communities use lookup tables and rainbow tables to crack passwords
🧂Salted hashes add random chunks of code to passwords, making rainbow tables useless
🔡Dictionary attacks use wordlists to crack common passwords
⏳Brute force attacks try every possible combination of characters until the password is cracked
How are passwords stored?
—Passwords are stored as encrypted hashes, not in plain text.
What are rainbow tables?
—Rainbow tables are data files of pre-hashed common passwords used by hackers to quickly crack passwords.
What is the role of salt in password hashing?
—Salt is added to passwords to make rainbow tables ineffective and slow down hackers.
What are dictionary attacks?
—Dictionary attacks use wordlists to guess common passwords.
How effective are randomly generated passwords?
—Randomly generated passwords are not always effective if they follow predictable patterns.
01:31Passwords stored as encrypted hashes can be cracked by finding the right key.
01:48Rainbow tables are data files of pre-hashed common passwords used by hackers.
02:35Dictionary attacks use wordlists to guess common passwords on the fly.
03:45Hackers use malware or phishing to copy passwords typed on infected computers.
04:13Using long, complicated passwords is more important than using numbers and symbols.
