Honeywords, an Enhancing Password Security Mechanism: A Comprehensive Survey

With the increasing computer usage, the increase in threats to digital systems has led to the need to protect these systems by proposed a new technology to protect the system against hackers. So, there was a need to protect users' passwords and provide them with reliability and security. So-called honey words were used, which are fake words that are combined with real passwords side by side in the authentication database. Honeywords are a popular technology in the digital world and are important for enhancing the security of users' real passwords and are considered a strong additional security layer. The advantage of this technology is that it detects attempts to access systems without authorization. This technology provides high protection that confuses the attacker between which words in the database are real and fake. This technology increases the difficulty and complexity of hacking by attackers and enhances system security. Furthermore, it provides an effective strategy to mitigate the risks associated with password breaches, including dictionary and brute force attacks, thus improving the overall system resilience. This paper offers a comprehensive survey of the honeywords and their generating algorithms. The paper can be used as user help to give proper and adequate information about this subject.