We are proud to announce that a CRADLE Lab paper has been accepted at IEEE CCNC, the IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference. The paper explores heatmap-based password strength feedback, asking whether a single character change can make a password hold up against AI-generated guessing.
The Accepted Paper
Can a Single Character Change Save Your Account? Heatmap-Based Password Strength Feedback Against AI-Generated Guessing
Ali Arslan, Youzhen Xiao, Aarav Goyal, Emre Akkas, Halil Bisgin, Suleyman Uludag
A study of password strength feedback built on heatmaps, evaluated against AI-generated password guessing.
Congratulations to the Team
Congratulations to everyone involved! This acceptance reflects the creativity and hard work of a team that brings together faculty, graduate, undergraduate, and high school researchers, along with a collaborator from Dumlupinar University.
A special thank you to Ali Arslan, first author of the paper; to Youzhen Xiao, Aarav Goyal, and Emre Akkas for their contributions; and to our faculty, Dr. Halil Bisgin and Dr. Suleyman Uludag, for their guidance and mentorship throughout.
We look forward to sharing this work at IEEE CCNC and to announcing more results from the lab soon.
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