Create stronger, more secure passwords: We are nagged to do it all the time, but few of us actually make the effort. Meanwhile, passwords continue to be stolen, leaked, and cracked on a regular basis.

Hashcat is a popular and effective password cracker widely used by both penetration testers and sysadmins, as well as criminals and spies. Cracking passwords is different from guessing a web login ...

After so many high-profile data breaches, it’s time developers learned that storing passwords is a really bad idea. And there is a perfectly workable alternative. Last week, I went to a project ...

One of the biggest security threats is password cracking. Are you an IT system administrator concerned about the security of your organization's data? In this article, we'll provide an overview of ...

A new system that securely checks whether your passwords have been made public in known data breaches has been integrated into the widely used password manager, 1Password. This new tool lets customers ...