RICHMOND, Va. – In its most recent research in password security, Hive Systems found that any 8-character password can be cracked in less than an hour through brute force. Further, any password ...

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 ...

Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time-consuming. Researchers have developed an ...

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 ...

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

Scientists may have figured out a way to log into a computer with a synthetic molecule. © Corona Borealis Studio, Shutterstock Forget fingerprints or two factor ...

The move comes amid reports of hackers cracking the master passwords for LastPass vaults stolen in a 2022 hack. Longer passwords have been required since 2018, but ...

PHOENIX - In a world that increasingly digitized, many people use passwords to access a variety of services, but whether people are doing passwords right is another story. May 5 is World Password Day, ...

The World Economic Forum released a series of tips to help inform people how to change their passwords to maximize security. Using characters beyond just lowercase letters, adding in uppercase, ...

Every year the private digital security company NordPass publishes a list of the most popular passwords across 30 countries. And as always, the current list from 2022 also contains shockingly simple ...