Cybercriminals are turning to artificial intelligence to crack passwords. These are the steps you can take to protect yourself against hackers.

If cracking passwords were truly a script kiddie activity, I was perfectly placed to test that assertion. It sounded like an interesting challenge.

Passwords continue to be the primary target of cybercriminals because they represent the “keys to your kingdom”, especially when it comes to your email.

A simple eight-character password can be cracked in only 37 seconds using brute force but it takes over a century to crack a 16-character one.

Other password hacking techniques Brute force is just one of many methods hackers use to crack passwords, which is why it’s so important to use a different long password for each of your online ...

What are the worst passwords? NordPass just released its list of the 200 worst passwords of 2020 that could expose your personal data to hackers.

The Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn walks you through common techniques hackers use to crack passwords, and how you can protect yourself.

Dougherty then uses a mix of the password-cracking software hashcat and a program he built, called expandpass, which runs through varying, controlled permutations of specific words and symbols ...

If you were surprised to find out that your password was really easy to crack (if it's an alphanumeric password less than 15 characters, it probably was), you might want to consider beefing up ...