If a password has been previously stolen, uses dictionary words, or has been reused between websites, the time needed to crack it drops dramatically, as shown below. New safety features are ...

Brute force cracking of passwords takes longer now than in the past, but the good news is not a cause for celebration, according to the latest annual audit of password cracking times released ...

We've covered NordPass' yearly list of the 200 most used passwords before, with '123456' taking the top spot in both 2020, 2022, and now once again in 2024.If this is a password you're currently ...

New research shows that 98.5% of breached passwords are weak and can not resist brute-force attacks. Here is what you should add to your password.

If hackers were to get hold of a high-power GPUs like 20,000 A100 chips, cracking passwords would become much easier, as they could crack longer character passwords in a shorter time.

At the same time, 39% of such passwords could also be guessed using smart algorithms in less than an hour. Kapersky warns that attackers do not require deep knowledge or expensive equipment to ...

Hive Systems has released the 2025 edition of its password crack time estimate table, and it's a doozy. Among many other findings, the company's researchers calculated that all random passwords ...

Researchers with cybernews discovered 16 billion passwords leaked on the internet in a massive data breach. It shows that the password's time has come to an end.