Hackers are running a new campaign which drops the StealthWorker brute-force malware on Windows and Linux machines that end up being used to brute force other computers in a series of distributed ...

Hackers broke into Gawker Media servers, exposing the passwords of more than 200,000 account holders, which were used to launch an Acai berry spam campaign on Twitter.

A subReddit hacking, 1.4 billion stolen passwords, and a WordPress attack are reminders that passwords matter, regardless of your CMS.

Called GoldBrute, of the malware compiled a list of over 1.5 million unique systems and systematically tests access on them with brute-force or credential stuffing attacks.

Given enough time and computing power, a brute force attack can theoretically crack any password. But is that a real threat to Internet accounts?