Password cracking and recovery

Whether you need to recover your forgotten password or crack one for unauthorized access, there have been some tricky and exhausted methods available in the past. Recently some new ways were developed using time-memory trade-off technique to quickly find a password on many new hash algorithms.

As computer processors get faster, security upgrades to existing software are needed in order to provide better protection against these types of attacks. Many users don't always use the most secure passwords in trade for ease to remember and often they can be cracked with even the simplest tools available. False sense of security is common when it comes to password selection and if you think yours is good enough you might be surprised to find out how easy it can be cracked.