AI may be able to do lots of cool things like write computer code, tell you a story, and explain the theory of relativity. But it can also do at least one thing that's not so cool: Figure out your ...

Security researchers have uncovered the truth behind software that’s being advertised as a way to unlock industrial terminals without a password — it’s actually a malware dropper. The malware can ...

A threat actor is infecting industrial control systems (ICS) to create a botnet through password "cracking" software for programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Advertised on various social media ...

Length does matter (ha), but how you create and manage a password often matters just as much, if not more. A long password that's predictable or reused across accounts can still be cracked, leaked or ...

Password-cracking and guessing attempts are successful enough as it is to put more than a little gray in the hair of experienced cybersecurity professionals. Now new research shows even more effective ...

Cybersecurity firm Home Security Heroes published a study about AI and its ability to crack passwords. A new AI password cracking tool is capable of cracking a majority of six-character passwords and ...

Artificial intelligence has undoubtedly transformed our lives in numerous ways, providing us with innovative solutions like Bing Chat and Bard. However, with great power comes great responsibility, ...

Along with the positive aspects of the new generative AI services come new risks. One that’s surfaced is an advanced approach to cracking passwords called PassGAN. Using the latest AI, it was able to ...

Why it matters: Security researcher and password cracker Sam Croley posted benchmarks highlighting the RTX 4090's password-cracking muscle. Nvidia's newest flagship GPU shattered the RTX 3090's ...

Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) and WPA2-Enterprise (Wireless ...

These days, protecting your online accounts is more important than ever. But many people still use passwords that are way too easy to guess—like something out of a bad movie plot. An experienced ...