The Abricto Podcast

Episode 5 - Your password sucks! Let’s talk about it.

September 02, 2022 Cornel Du Preez, Anthony Ralston, Rob Waltman Season 1 Episode 5
Episode 5 - Your password sucks! Let’s talk about it.
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The Abricto Podcast
Episode 5 - Your password sucks! Let’s talk about it.
Sep 02, 2022 Season 1 Episode 5
Cornel Du Preez, Anthony Ralston, Rob Waltman

In this episode, we sit down with two of Abricto’s Senior Security Consultants to discuss all things password-related. Anthony Ralston and Rob Waltman share their perspectives of why strong passwords are so critical to the security of both your corporate and personal accounts. We cover common yet effective attacks cybercriminals use to crack or bypass your credentials altogether to hack their way in. Specific topics we explore include:

  • Why does your password suck?
  • Practical implications of password complexity requirements.
  • Password re-use, what’s the big deal?
  • Password managers, is the juice worth the squeeze?
  • Why and how is it to bypass even the strongest passwords.
  • Where and how do cybercriminals enumerate target corporate accounts to break into?
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In this episode, we sit down with two of Abricto’s Senior Security Consultants to discuss all things password-related. Anthony Ralston and Rob Waltman share their perspectives of why strong passwords are so critical to the security of both your corporate and personal accounts. We cover common yet effective attacks cybercriminals use to crack or bypass your credentials altogether to hack their way in. Specific topics we explore include:

  • Why does your password suck?
  • Practical implications of password complexity requirements.
  • Password re-use, what’s the big deal?
  • Password managers, is the juice worth the squeeze?
  • Why and how is it to bypass even the strongest passwords.
  • Where and how do cybercriminals enumerate target corporate accounts to break into?