Nvidia’s RTX 4090 good for cracking passwords
Hashcat positively purrs
Security researcher, Sam Croley claims that Nvidia’s RTX 4090 graphics card is rather good at cracking passwords.
FBI wants people to abandon passwords
Use passphrases instead
An FBI Portland Tech report has told its readers to stop using passwords and switch to passphrases.
Apple’s sign-in insecure
You get that when you mess around with standards
An outfit behind the OpenID open standard and decentralised authentication protocol, has penned an open letter to Apple saying its "Sign In with Apple" feature is insecure.
Huawei staff provided spooks with passwords
Aussie spooks claim
Australia received intelligence reports that Huawei personnel provided Chinese spies passwords to hack a "foreign network".
Cage takes on UK anti-terror laws
Refuses to hand over passwords
The human rights group Cage is preparing to mount a legal challenge to UK anti-terrorism legislation over a refusal to hand over mobile and laptop passwords to border control officials at air terminals, ports and international rail stations.
Apple made its passwords easier to hack
A new feature
Security experts have warned that a new feature in iOS has made it a lot easier for passwords to be hacked.
Hackers start to use stolen passwords
Only a matter of time
Passwords going the way of the Dodo
Security company claims that Windows file exposure is proof