Study Publisher: Trustwave
Study Date: August 2014
Study URL: https://gsr.trustwave.com/topics/business-password-analysis/2014-business-password-analysis/

Study Overview:
Password data started with 626,718 total hashed passwords Trustwave collected during thousands of network penetration tests performed in 2013 and some performed in 2014. Then 576,533, or almost 92% of that total, were cracked and analyzed. The majority of the sample came from Active Directory environments and included Windows LAN Manager (LM)- and NT LAN Manager (NTLM)-based passwords.

Statistics From This Study:

• What are common character sequences or masks of corporate passwords? (2014)
• What are the common characters used in corporate passwords? (2014)
• What popular names are used in corporate passwords?