New analysis shows that stronger hardware - including systems powering AI - is slashing the time needed to crack passwords, putting millions at greater risk. RICHMOND, Va., April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ ...

RICHMOND, Va. – In its annual audit of hackers’ ability to crack passwords through brute force, Hive Systems found that any password under seven characters can be cracked within a matter of hours. Due ...

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 ...

Hive Systems has released the 2025 edition of its password crack time estimate table, and it's a doozy. Among many other findings, the company's researchers calculated that all random passwords around ...

One of the security recommendations we give frequently is to have strong, unique passwords for each of your online accounts and a new table of password data from the cybersecurity firm Hive Systems ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — If you think your password is tough to crack, you may want to think again. Hive Systems released its annual passwords table infographic, which shows how long it would take a hacker to ...

May 9, 2025: Updated to note that this data seems to be referring to a worst case scenario for hackers and assumes that the software tries every other hash first before getting to the correct one. In ...