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.

The password table generally simulates how long it would take to crack a password of various lengths and complexities using brute force, so to speak.

Computer vision has transitioned from a fringe, futuristic concept, yet many businesses are still behind the curve.

An eight-character-long password made of numbers can be cracked instantly, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. View on euronews ...

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.

Security company Hive Systems publishes a password table every year that shows how much password strength varies depending on the length and complexity of the password. In 2024, they also ...

A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines don't yet exist, that estimate could still fall further ...