Passwords like “123456,” “Password1,” and “qwerty” aren't just common worldwide, they're ridiculously easy to crack, taking less than a second to unscramble.

More than half of the common passwords examined by online security experts can be cracked in less than a minute with help from AI.

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 ...

Numeric passwords offer better security — it takes at least 10 months for PassGAN to crack number-only passwords, but only if they have more than 18 characters.

Researchers looked into a new AI-powered password-cracking tool called PassGAN to see just how fast it could compromise passwords.

This way, you only have to remember one password. If you decide to continue without a password manager, Colburn says at least do a simple thing to make your passwords more secure.

A study has shown the PassGAN tool can crack easy passwords in a matter of seconds.

Why not? Well, it's only the most popular password for both personal and corporate accounts—making it also the easiest for hackers and even AI to crack—according to NordPass.

Making a simple yet hard to crack password is actually easy. Make it 15 characters or more. Remember this, length matters more than difficulty. Most people have 8 character passwords.

Here’s how to create tough-to-crack passwords May 1 serves as World Password Day, and after a record amount was lost to fraud last year, Susan Campbell has tips to protect your personal information.

For instance, a password made of 13 numbers would take the graphics cards 3 years to crack, but add in just one more number and that rises to 28 years, then add another and it rises to 284.