Links

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/ 
http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-deal-with-passwords.html 
http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2012/08/common-misconceptions-of-password.html 
http://boingboing.net/2012/08/21/password-cracking-goes-into-hy.html 
http://twit.tv/sn 
http://ob-security.info/?p=546 
https://m.xkcd.com/792/ 
http://m.xkcd.com/936/ 
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png 
http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2012/08/common-misconceptions-of-password.html 
https://twitter.com/thorsheim/status/238368167058096129 
http://securitynirvana.blogspot.com/2010/02/never-trust-password-meters.html 
http://securitynirvana.blogspot.com/2010/11/revisiting-password-meters.html 
http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-deal-with-passwords.html 
http://twit.tv/sn 
https://xkcd.com/538/ 

Additional links



Bruce weighs in 
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/09/recent_developm_1.html 
=> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/choosing_secure.html (2007)
& http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2012/09/03/password-cracking-part-i-how-much-has-cracking-improved/ 
& http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2012/09/03/password-cracking-part-i-how-much-has-cracking-improved/
 
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/09/analysis_of_pin.html 
=> http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/
 
 
 
And 
Password Frequency Analysis « Jonathan Arbib
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Feb 7, 2009 – Tag: Password Frequency Analysis ... then ran the list of recovered passwords through an analysis program, and here is what he came out with.
 
Reusable Security: Frequency Analysis for Stronger Passwords
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Jun 1, 2009 – Frequency Analysis for Stronger Passwords. As a commenter pointed out in my last post, the previous frequency analysis was based on a set of 
 
Frequency analysis of passwords stolen from Gawker - Spiceworks
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Dec 15, 2010 – http://www.impactlab.net/2010/12/14/the-top-50-gawker-media-passwords/ 1, 2, 3­, 4, 5? That's amazing! I've got the same comb... | 12 replies ...
Improving Brute force Attacks with Frequency Analysis ...
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Feb 7, 2011 – In all three files the combined set found over 70% of the passwords. It looks like the frequency analysis could be useful in improving brute force ...