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Source: https://www.cshub.com/attacks/articles/the-top-8-password-attacks-and-how-to-defend-against-them

• The first ever password attack took place in 1962 when Allen Scherr used a request to print the password files stored in the CTSS system to obtain all the passwords
• Password attacks are one of the most significant concerns for companies and civilians, with the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report stating that more than 80 percent of web application breaches were due to password-related issues
• Common types of password attacks include brute-force, password spraying, keylogging, credential stuffing, rainbow table, social engineering, and Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) traffic interception
• Complex passwords can be easily forgotten, leading to users writing them down and leaving them vulnerable to physical theft
• To protect against password attacks, it is important to balance security and convenience and implement additional security layers

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