Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. An overdue safety upgrade after a major security meltdown. An overdue safety upgrade after a major security ...

The big picture: People are often advised to create complex passwords using random lower and uppercase letters, symbols, and numbers to prevent brute-force attacks. However, a new report suggests that ...

The right AI program can breach 51% of all common passwords within less than a minute, a new report has found. Given an hour, AI can figure out 65% of common passwords. The key takeaway: Passwords ...

AI may be able to do lots of cool things like write computer code, tell you a story, and explain the theory of relativity. But it can also do at least one thing that's not so cool: Figure out your ...

Artificial intelligence tech has the ability to crack any kind of seven-character password in just six minutes, a new study has found. The research, shared by identity theft prevention company Home ...

Concerns about the vulnerabilities of passwords are not new, and there have been recent moves to pivot to other secure alternatives, such as passkeys. A recent report has further highlighted that need ...

Twelve RTX 5090 GPUs can crack short (but complex) passwords in days Password complexity and length drastically increase time needed to brute force Real-world cracking could be faster than Hive ...

In short, the system teaches the password to a part of your brain that you cannot physically access -- but it is still there in your subconscious, just waiting to be tapped. The process of learning ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for governmental agencies, standards organizations, and private companies, has proposed ...