Password Spray Demo with Kevin Mitnick

Password Spray Demo with Kevin Mitnick

Jan 30, 2023

Kevin Mitnick, KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, demonstrates how bad actors conduct "password sprays". A password spray is when a cybercriminal chooses a single password and tries it against everyone in their target organization.

We strongly recommend that you use a password manager to reduce password reuse and improve complexity, but you may be wondering if it’s really worth the risk. Is it safe to store all of your passwords in one place? Can cybercriminals hack them? Are password managers a single point of failure? Roger A. Grimes, KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist walks through these questions an more in his latest webinar: https://info.knowbe4.com/truth-about-password-managers

KnowBe4's Weak Password Test free tool gives you a quick look at the effectiveness of your password policies and any failures so that you can take action. This tests against 10 types of weak password-related threats: https://www.knowbe4.com/weak-password-test