RICHMOND, Va. – In its most recent research in password security, Hive Systems found that any 8-character password can be cracked in less than an hour through brute force. Further, any password ...

The big picture: People are often advised to create complex passwords using random lower and uppercase letters, symbols, and numbers to prevent brute-force attacks. However, a new report suggests that ...

I have bad news for everyone with weak passwords. A hacker can guess your laziest random passwords in the same amount of time it takes to watch a movie. It turns out when you put the most brutally ...

Brute-force hacking can crack an eight-character password in less than one hour, according to Hive Systems. In a new research published today, the security risk services firm says any password with ...

Such systems can only operate against off-line password lists, but given the number of system breaches leading to massive password leaks throughout 2012, it should be enough to make websites ...