Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. The National Institute of Standards and Technology released ...

HBO Max is about to make it a lot harder for people to share their accounts with family and friends. The streaming service is joining the ranks of Netflix, Disney+, and other platforms by cracking ...

Cybersecurity attacks are now a common fixture of the digital landscape, but not enough people take password security seriously. Testing your password strength is one of the most overlooked yet vital ...

Organizations are discovering an easy way to reduce the workload of IT and help desk administrators — password self-service. According to Gartner Inc., password-reset and user-identification problems ...

We can now add easily cracking passwords in a matter of seconds to the list of things that AI can do. Cybersecurity firm Home Security Heroes recently published a study uncovering how AI tools analyze ...

This change in tactic has largely led to huge increases in password cracking capabilities. Passwords that used to take days to weeks to crack can now be cracked in seconds if the attacker has suitable ...

Brute force cracking of passwords takes longer now than in the past, but the good news is not a cause for celebration, according to the latest annual audit of password cracking times released Tuesday ...

For years the security industry has stressed the importance of strong passwords. Some recent research from Home Security Heroes starkly shows the value of that advice. Using artificial intelligence, ...

Streaming service Max is the latest to end the practice of password-sharing on its platform. Credit: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images The days of being able to share a single streaming service ...

HBO Max will be cracking down on password sharing around the world. The company will expand its enforcement of the practice in 2026. The streamer first started cracking down on password sharing in the ...

While some might say passwords are on the way out, especially with the advent of passkeys that are regarded as a better solution. However, the extinction of the password isn’t a reality yet. Passwords ...