I Will Crack Your Password With Statistics

pjauregui writes: The posts starts by asking the reader, 'Think like a hacker and ask yourself how fast your passwords might be able to be cracked based on their structure.' The author then describes his method for cracking passwords at scale, efficiently, stating that many attackers approach this concept headfirst: They try any arbitrary password attack they feel like trying with little reasoning. His post is a discussion that demonstrates effective methodologies for password cracking and how statistical analysis of passwords can be used in conjunction with tools to create a time boxed approach to efficient and successful cracking.