A password management Lightning talk
Another Scary fast way to steal passwords is to run a dictionary attack. These programs will rapidly guess passwords from a predefined source
(Like a dictionary)
If any of your passwords are something like "spider-man" go take care of that
If you have any passwords that are shared between logins change that right now.
Using sheer computing power a brute force attack just makes many random guesses trying to crack your password.
Bits Of Entropy Explained By Someone Smarter Than Me
By Joshua Warren