Password cracker
nounid
3516·updated May 9, 2026candidate
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.
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Entity Type
Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1
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unclassified
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unclassified
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- plural
- Password crackers
- possessive
- Password cracker's
- pluralpossessive
- Password crackers'
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- 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.
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