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Password Cracking

Password Cracking is a method in computer security that systematically recovers or derives authentication credentials, typically through computational techniques such as brute force, dictionary attacks, or rainbow tables, to bypass password-based access controls without authorized permission.

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2017–2026

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Password Cracking Using Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars

Matt Weir, Sudhir Aggarwal, Breno de Medeiros et al. · 2009 · 520 citations

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Foiling the cracker: A survey of, and improvements to, password security

Daniel V. Klein · 1992 · 353 citations

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A Study of Probabilistic Password Models

Jerry Ma, Wei‐Ning Yang, Min Luo et al. · 2014 · 262 citations

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How does your password measure up? the effect of strength meters on password creation

Blase Ur, Patrick Gage Kelley, Saranga Komanduri et al. · 2012 · 249 citations

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Dictionary attacks using keyboard acoustic emanations

Yigael Berger, Avishai Wool, Arie Yeredor · 2006 · 177 citations

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Authors

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  1. LB
    Lujo Bauer

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    4 publications · 551 citations

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  2. BU
    Blase Ur

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    4 publications · 559 citations

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  3. JB
    Jeremiah Blocki

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    3 publications · 140 citations

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  4. NC
    Nicolas Christin

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    3 publications · 531 citations

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  5. MS
    Mark Scanlon

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    3 publications · 72 citations

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Institutions

93

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    6 h-index

    31 publications

    5.1K citations

  2. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    166 citations

  4. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    845 citations

  5. Joint Research Centre

    Ispra, Italy

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    144 citations

  6. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    131 citations

  7. Technical University of Crete

    Chania, Greece

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    119 citations

  8. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    249 citations

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  2. Procedia Computer Science

    3 publications · 97 citations

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  4. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

    TDSC · 2 publications · 85 citations

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  5. Computers & Security

    2 publications · 215 citations

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