Bad News - Many Of Today's Top Passwords Can Be Brute Force Cracked In Less Than An Hour
techradar.com, Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
If you're using simple passwords, you're in trouble
If you are not using random, computer-generated passwords, or one of the best password generators, chances are your logins can be cracked within an hour, research has warned.
A new report on password strength conducted recently by Kaspersky noted the advancements in computer processing power made cracking passwords significantly easier.
In their experiment, the researchers used a database of 193 million passwords, obtained from the dark web. These were hashed and salted, meaning they still needed to guess them.