Mnemonic passwords generally stink. A random sequence of letters, digits and punctuation is more secure—just don't write down your passwords, like the knucklehead antagonist does in Ready Player One!

PORTLAND, Ore. — Arguably the biggest security gap on today's networks are passwords, prompting government agencies to mandate regularly changing 15-character passwords with random upper- and ...

Just how difficult is it? A password with between four and six characters can be obtained by hackers instantly, according to the NYS Department of State Division of Consumer Protection, no matter if ...

Cybersecurity company, Hive Systems, has just put out its 2025 Password Table as a continuation of its yearly analysis of how difficult passwords are to crack. The results are in, and while it's not ...

We can now add easily cracking passwords in a matter of seconds to the list of things that AI can do. Cybersecurity firm Home Security Heroes recently published a study uncovering how AI tools analyze ...