A deep-learning network known as a GAN has been applied to passwords, and a tool called PassGAN significantly improves the ability to guess user passwords over tools such as Hashcat or John the Ripper ...

Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, and the New York Institute of Technology have devised what they claim is a highly effective way to guess passwords using a deep ...

The work that Australian security researcher Troy Hunt has done with the Have I Been Pwned project is yielding useful tools that developers and webmasters can now use to make sure users stop using ...

Learn to recognize and fix weak password patterns to help fend off hackers and other intruders Reviewed by Jon Fisher Never use "password" as your password. Use a different password on every website.

The debate about whether frequent password changing is a good or a bad practice is raging. OK, maybe just humming along. FTC chief technologist Lorrie Cranor and some other security experts have ...