Unlock the secrets of Windows password security with your essential guide to navigating password-cracking techniques.

You may have asked yourself, "How do hackers take my password, if the website owner can't?" The answer is simple. When a website stores your login password for the ...

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, have proved to perform well on various language-related and coding tasks. Some ...

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 ...

Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective.

Cracking the Codes: A new Hive Systems Password Table update highlights a growing concern: modern GPUs can crack hashed passwords faster than ever. As hardware improves, short or simple credentials ...

The RTX 5090 is not only good for gaming and AI — it also excels at password cracking. Hive Systems updated its password cracking benchmark suite with 12 RTX 5090 graphics cards — Nvidia's fastest and ...

Today we start a weeklong series to help you avoid getting hacked. Everyone knows that bigger is better, in this case longer is best. When you make a password, it’s common these days to add special ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 25, 2025: This story, originally published May 23, ...

Statistically speaking, your passwords probably suck. At least, that’s the implication made by one cybersecurity research team, which analyzed over 19 billion leaked passwords and found only six ...

Living in our digital world means that we have to create, use, and remember passwords. A lot of them. From banking online to mobile food delivery; digital news subscriptions to electronic health ...

Following in the footsteps of Netflix, HBO Max will begin cracking down on password sharing beginning next month. A report from Deadline relays that JB Perrette, who heads up the streaming division at ...