Hackers can crack weak passwords in seconds, while strong ones may take years. Learn about the time to crack your password and boost security.

A new AI password cracking tool is capable of cracking a majority of six-character passwords and under instantly. Passwords with 12 characters or more are considered tough to crack, for now.

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 ...

According to a study by Home Security Heroes, AI could crack 51% of all common passwords can be cracked within a minute. In addition, 65% of passwords could be cracked in less than an hour, and 81 ...

Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it—if they can get Thomas to let them.

For example, a 15-character password with such a mix would take 14 billion years for AI to crack, according to PassGAN. However, in common practice, most users are still very much at risk for a ...

Passwords help protect some of our most personal information, but often times they don't actually end up being that personal — making them very easy to circumvent. NordPass, a company that helps users ...

Seeing how powerful AI can be for cracking passwords is a good reminder to not only make sure you’re using strong passwords but also check: You’re using 2FA/MFA (non-SMS-based whenever possible) ...

If you think "P@ssw0rd" is getting creative, it's not. It still takes less than a second to crack and was counted 135,424 times. Most of the most common passwords on the list are series of numbers.