Secure passwords: adding the letter ‘ñ’ increases the difficulty of deciphering the keys in a ‘hack’

Dec. 5 (Portaltic/EP) –

At the time of generate passwords secure, methods are often used that make decryption difficult, such as using uppercase and lowercase lettersinclude numbers and resort special charactersHowever, there are other additional ways to strengthen passwords, for example, by using an unusual letter in the language, such as ‘ñ’.

Beyond the use of symbols such as asterisks or an at sign (@), enter the letter ‘ñ’ in a password makes it furtherdifficult to decipher the key in a hacking attempt

since it is a letter that is not usually taken into account in the programs used by malicious actors. This is because the use of said letter is practically limited to the Spanish language and, therefore, in terms of international dictionaries, for cybercriminals“there is no ‘ñ’ or they always have it at the end” as stated by the ethical hacker and digital forensics

cybersecurity specialist, Jose Javier Pastor Valero. Specifically, among the methods that hackers use to decrypt passwords, they usually resort tobrute force attacks which are based on a trial and error method, to try all possible character combinations until you find a password, as the cybersecurity company explains

Kaspersky. In this sense, how much The more complex the password, the longer it takes to decrypt. Taking this into account and due to the uniqueness of the letter ‘ñ’, the brute force attack programs what cybercriminals use

They do not usually take this letter into account initially. Therefore, when entering the ‘ñ’, a password that It would take a hacker five hours to crack, it would take four weeks, As Pastor Valero explained in a interview for the Inédito podcast,

in which he provided some tips for creating “the perfect password.” Other security recommendations also include keeping in mind that a strong password mustconsist of at least 12 characters Furthermore, not it is advisable to reuse the same keys for different service accounts and must be change periodically,

specifically, every 90 days, to keep accounts protected. However, Pastor Valero also emphasizes that, among the best options to obtain secure passwords quickly and easily, it isuse a password generator service . Likewise, it also recommends using a password manager