Importance of passwords
Your ID and password are important information for confirming your identity when using a computer or various web services on the Internet.
If your ID and password are stolen due to phishing scams, there is a risk that you may be logged in illegally and your personal information may be obtained and misused.
In recent years, the number of cloud services has increased, and if information leaks due to unauthorized access, the damage may be greater.
Therefore, managing IDs and passwords has become even more important.
Attack method to illegally obtain passwords has various attack methods other than phishing, such as Brute force attack and man-in-the-middle attack.
Brute force attack automatically enters various password patterns using brute force, so short or simple passwords may be easily cracked.
If you are logged in illegally, you may suffer financial damage such as SNS impersonation or unauthorized credit card use.
Additionally, compromised accounts may be used as stepping stones for further attacks, potentially increasing the damage.
To avoid such damage, it is necessary to create a password that is difficult to guess, and to strictly manage account information such as IDs and passwords.
Secure password management involves not only creating strong passwords, but also how to store them and not reusing passwords.