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An investigation of semantic patterns in passwords
(2013-08-01)
The advent of large password leaks in recent years has exposed the
security problems of passwords and enabled deeper empirical investigation
of password patterns. Researchers have only touched the surface
of patterns in ...
Do extroverts create stronger passwords?
(2018-04-01)
We investigate the relationship between personality types and the strength of created and
selected passwords. For this purpose, we conducted an experiment on Amazon’s Mechanical
Turk, with 510 participants. Participants ...
Assessing the memorability of familiar vocabulary for system assigned passphrases
(2021-08-01)
Text-based secrets are still the most commonly used authentication mechanism in information systems. Initially introduced as more secure authentication keys that people could recall, passphrases are tokens consisting of ...
Strategies and applications for creating more memorable passwords
(2016-01-01)
As we continue to learn and grow in an ever evolving technological age, we deepen our
understanding of the importance of authentication. There are many different types of
authentication, each exhibiting their own strengths ...
Raising the bar for password crackers: improving the quality of honeywords with deep neural networks
(2022-12-01)
Honeywords are fictitious passwords inserted into databases in order to identify password breaches. Producing honeywords that are difficult to distinguish from actual passwords automatically is a time-consuming and ...
Towards improving the usability of system-assigned PINs: can implicit learning techniques help?
(2023-08-01)
Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) are widely used for automated teller machines (ATMs), computers, mobile devices, debit cards, and credit cards. People tend to choose easy-to-recall PINs that are related to important ...
PiXi: an approach to nudge secure password creation
(2023-04-01)
Passwords, a first line of defense against unauthorized access, must be secure and memorable. However, people often struggle to create secure passwords they can recall. To address this problem, we design Password inspiration ...