1. Strong Passwords
Dan Tervo, September 18, 2012
1 of 13

2. What Do These Websites Have in Common?
They have all had their
password databases Hacked!
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 2 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

3. Case Study – RockYou.com
14 Million Passwords Cracked
In 2009, the music site RockYou.com was
hacked and all 14 million passwords used
by its members were posted online.
Data security experts were able to
examine the data and found some key
trends. Hackers around the world were
also able to examine these trends and
modified their cracking software to take
advantage of the data. By putting these 14 million passwords into
the public domain, it allowed hackers to
almost instantaneously crack the weakest
passwords.
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 3 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

4. Top 20 Passwords
1. password 11.letmein
2. 123456 12.monkey
3. 12345678 13.696969
4. 1234 14.abc123
5. qwerty 15.mustang
6. 12345 16.michael
7. dragon 17.shadow
8. --CENSORED— 18.master
9. baseball 19.jennifer
10.football 20.111111
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 4 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

5. What Was Learned
• 9.8% of users have the passwords password, 123456 or 12345678
• 14% have a password from the top 10 passwords
• 40% have a password from the top 100 passwords
• 79% have a password from the top 500 passwords
• 91% have a password from the top 1,000 passwords
• 98.8% have a password from the top 10,000 passwords
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 5 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

6. The Average Web User
The average web user has 25 password-
protected accounts and has 6.5 passwords
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 6 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

7. How to Protect Yourself
Do not use obvious passwords.
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 7 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

8. How to Protect Yourself
Use a separate password for each account.
Or use levels:
High security – Bank, Financial, etc.
Medium Security – Email, Social Media
Low Risk – Membership Sites, Subscriptions, etc.
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 8 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

9. How to Protect Yourself
Use password management software.
Examples:
Lastpass.com
Roboforms.com
KeePass.info
Kaspersky Password Manager
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 9 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

10. How to Protect Yourself
Use PassPhrases
Examples:
Hannah was born 2004
The end is near 2012
B@nkFIRST Rocks!
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 10 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

11. How to Protect Yourself
Test Your Password/Passphrase
http://howsecureismypassword.net/
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 11 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

12. Some Examples
How long would it take a standard desktop PC to crack your
password with a brute-force attack?
Password Time to Crack
Password Instantly
P@ssword A Day
P@ssword12 58 Years
B@nkFIRST Rocks! 70 trillion years
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 12 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

13. Contact
Website
TervoSystems.com
E-Mail
contact@TervoSystems.com
Facebook
facebook.com/TervoSystems
Address Twitter
221 N Highway 27, Suite E twitter.com/TervoSystems
Clermont, FL 34711
YouTube
Phone Youtube.com/TervoSystems
(352) 432-TECH (8324)
221 N Highway 27, Suite E www.TervoSystems.com
Clermont, FL 34711 contact@TervoSystems.com 13 of 13
Phone (352) 432-TECH (8324) Facebook.com/TervoSystems
Twitter.com/TervoSystems

14. Thanks For Listening
Dan Tervo, September 18, 2012
14 of 13