Here’s some data that will give you the shivers: it takes hackers 1/50th of a second to crack a number only password, 2-8 minutes to crack an uppercase-lowercase letters combination, and 36 minutes to crack uppercase-lowercase-numbers combination. And, they achieve this using sophisticated software that enables 100-400 billion guesses per second! And you thought you were safe!
Here’s how to beat them at their own vicious game – read this infographic for how to create passwords that may not be foolproof but will take 10-20,000 years to break (using the same software!)
One Click From Disaster – Tips for a Strong Password:
Infographic by – itWORKS!