On increasing password security awareness using a serious game

Passwords are the base of almost all authentication systems. Hence, it is essential that users choose strong passwords, to prevent attackers from guessing them by using the most common passwords. In this paper, we present a serious game developed with the aim of increasing the awareness of players on the (in)security of passwords. It has been developed using standard web technologies and employing the MEAN stack. To gain points, players have to guess which of the two proposed passwords is the most used one. Our prototype has three different game modalities both single and multi-player. A preliminary evaluation session has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of our prototype and its usability.