Password cracker
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
A tool that tests the strength of user passwords by searching for passwords that are easy to guess It repeatedly tries words from specially crafted dictionaries and often also generates thousands (and in some cases, even millions) of permutations of characters, numbers and symbols.
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Password crackers
- possessive
- Password cracker's
- pluralpossessive
- Password crackers'