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Breaking Password Managers: How Easy Is It and What’s Inside?

16th September 2022

We are using longer and more complex passwords to protect our accounts. Hence, keeping track of numerous password combinations has become a task on its own. That is why more and more people are turning to password managers. Be it

What Can You Tell Us About Your Password? A Contextual Approach

30th June 2022

Aikaterini: I’m Aikaterini Kanta. I’m a PhD candidate with University College Dublin, and I’m really glad to be here today. I’m going to talk to you about my PhD research. So, about contextual based decryption. So, the average number of

Comprehensive Statistical Analysis on the Crackability of Real-World Passwords

16th October 20211st October 2021

Hello everyone. My name is Aikaterini Kanta and I’m a PhD student with University College Dublin, and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. I’m here today at DFRWS APAC 2021 to present a comprehensive statistical analysis on the crackability of

Multi-Factor Authentication in Digital Forensics

12th May 20203rd February 2016

Two-factor authentication is probably the best secure thing since passwords were invented. Two-factor authentication goes a long way towards protecting one’s accounts against being hacked. A password alone, no matter how long or secure, is no longer enough to provide