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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're using '123456' as a password for your online accounts, you should change it. Here are other bad passwords of 2025 ...

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 ...

Your online password should exceed eight characters so you can avoid the potential hacking incidents from the hackers, according to the latest research. If your ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...