How hard is it to crack a computer passphrase of 12 characters or more? Mathematically speaking, 67 million years, using sophisticated hardware, compared with 300 days to crack an eight-character ...

Users often create weak and easily guessed passwords they reuse across systems and websites. As a result, traditional passwords are often the weakest link in the security of business-critical ...

Passwords that contain multiple words aren’t as resistant as some researchers expected to certain types of cracking attacks, mainly because users frequently pick phrases that occur regularly in ...

Two-factor authentication might be a great way to bolster log-in processes across the enterprise and even on the Web, but when it comes down to it, the typical authentication process using something ...

NIST’s relatively new password recommendations, which includes not using long and complex passwords that are frequently changed, are turning the computer security world on its head. Many security ...

When passwords weren’t good enough, passphrases came into play as a much safer login option. But a new study is saying passphrases may not be as effective as you think. Researchers Joseph Bonneau and ...