ANALYZING USER PASSWORDS WORLDWIDE IN TERMS OF CYBER THREATS

Abstract

Analysing user passwords used around the world is a very broad topic and involves a variety of factors. Password analysis is usually based on detailed studies by security experts, cyber security researchers and encryption experts. Weak passwords, repeated passwords, simple patterns, short passwords, personal information are critical contents that create vulnerabilities and are ignored by users. Attackers or attack tools working for password interception can easily intercept passwords that contain security measures below a certain level, that is, passwords that are not complex. The purpose of this study is to analyse global password usage, to increase users' awareness about password security and to encourage users to use stronger passwords. Small program snippets and new tools have been coded to achieve this goal. In future studies, it is aimed to improve the current application by automating the control of the distance of the texts from each other as a new password suggestion method and hybridising machine learning methods.