OpenAI's new GPT-5.5-Cyber tops Claude Mythos 5 in vulnerability benchmark0 0

OpenAI is rolling out the full, limited-release version of GPT-5.5-Cyber—a specialized AI model that outperforms its ...

FortiBleed campaign used custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials

Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to ...
techtimes

Credential Stuffing Risk Spikes: 24 Billion Stolen Passwords Linked to Live Exploit Data

Security researchers at Cybernews discovered on June 12 what they describe as one of the largest credential databases ever left exposed online — a publicly accessible Elasticsearch cluster holding 24 ...
The New York Times

Tired of Hacked Passwords? Help Is on the Way.

Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to ...
Hosted on MSN

Gaming GPUs can crack your passwords in minutes

New Kaspersky research finds modern gaming GPUs can attempt billions of password guesses per second against legacy hashing, highlighting risks for outdated security systems. The study cites an NVIDIA ...
Mashable

Microsoft Edge is storing passwords as plain text? Here's what Microsoft says.

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...
The New York Times

I’m a Security Expert. I Don’t Know Any of My Passwords.

Still looking? See more results on Wirecutter. We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer ...
Bleeping Computer

Is a $30,000 GPU Good at Password Cracking?

Compute power is growing at an extraordinary pace. The AI surge has driven massive investment in GPUs and specialized ‘accelerators’, with vendors building increasingly powerful hardware to train ...
CoinDesk

Here's what 'cracking' bitcoin in 9 minutes by quantum computers actually means

New research from Google's Quantum AI team suggests a future quantum computer could derive a bitcoin private key from a public key in about nine minutes, potentially allowing attackers to hijack ...
New Scientist

The 3 things you need to know about passwords, from a security expert

Passwords occupy an odd place in our lives. They’re both a blessing – keeping our data and information safe from anyone intruding into our IT systems and accessing them – and a curse, in that they’re ...
Fox Business

Cracker Barrel sales, traffic continue to slump months after failed rebrand

Cracker Barrel reported a drop in quarterly revenue and profit as the company continues to recover from last summer’s rebranding controversy, though CEO Julie Masino says early signs of a turnaround ...