With the significant growth of internet usage, people increasingly share their personal
information online. As a result, an enormous amount of personal information and financial …

Security issues in text-based password authentication are rarely caused by technical issues,
but rather by the limitations of human memory, and human perceptions together with their …

We report the results of the first large-scale empirical analysis of password implementations
deployed on the Internet. Our study included 150 websites which offer free user accounts for …

This study is an exploratory assessment of Phishing, SMiShing and Vishing attacks against
mobile devices. It examines the implications of end-user behavior towards mitigating the …

Password restriction policies and advice on creating secure passwords have limited effects
on password strength. Influencing users to create more secure passwords remains an open …

Password reuse–using the same password for multiple accounts–is a prevalent
phenomenon that can make even the most secure systems vulnerable. When passwords are …

Due to increasing security awareness of password from the public and little attention on the
characteristics of real-life passwords, it is thus natural to understand the current state of …

Users often struggle to create passwords under strict requirements. To make this process
easier, some providers present real-time feedback during password creation, indicating …

Researchers have extensively explored how password creation policies influence the
security and usability of user-chosen passwords, producing evidence-based policy …

While much has changed in Internet security over the past decades, textual passwords
remain as the dominant method to secure user web accounts and they are proliferating in …