“Passwords are essential. It’s essentially the keys to your house,” said Abdullah Aliya from BOK Financial. “One of the most common mistakes people make are using commonly used words or ...

The Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn walks you through common techniques hackers use to crack passwords, and how you can protect yourself.

Overall, the longer and the more complex the passwords, the longer it takes to crack them, with the most complex eight-character passwords taking 164 years.

This is particularly important in a time when passwords are easier than ever to crack. While passwords themselves can be bypassed, it's still important to keep passwords strong to protect against ...

Passwords are (typically) not stored using reverisible encryption, but rather with hash algorithms which are one-way (non-reversible.) We are not breaking any encryption with this cluster.