Performance evaluation of Cuckoo filters as an enhancement tool for password cracking

• DOI: 10.1186/s42400-023-00193-6
• Publication Date: 2023-11-09T02:01:37Z
• Authors: Maria-Dolores Cano; Antonio Villafranca; Igor Tasic
• Keywords: Password cracking; Cuckoo search

Abstract Cyberthreats continue their expansion, becoming more and complex varied. However, credentials passwords are still a critical point in security. Password cracking can be powerful tool to fight against cyber criminals if used by cybersecurity professionals red teams, for instance, evaluate compliance with security policies or forensic investigations. For particular systems, one crucial step the password-cracking process is comparison matchmaking between password-guess hashes real hashes. We hypothesize that using newer data structures such as Cuckoo filters could optimize this process. Experimental results show that, proper configuration, structure two orders of magnitude efficient terms size/usage compared other while keeping comparable performance time.