Researchers find a secret weapon in the password-cracker's arsenal

08-16-2010, 01:28 PM

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Researchers find a secret weapon in the password-cracker's arsenal

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute have found an unexpected tool for brute-force attacks on password-protected systems. Their findings: A seven character password is "hopelessly inadequate."

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