Publicly Accessible Database Discovered Hosting 149 Million Credentials
Andrew Trexler looks at a recently discovered public database of stolen usernames and passwords and what you can do now to protect your access and information.
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Why 8-Character Passwords Are No Longer Enough: Lessons from the Raxis Password Cracker
With the start of 2026, the Raxis team is already busy. A new upgrade to our password-cracking system shows how quickly 8-character passwords can be cracked.
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Wireless Series: Using Wifite to Capture and Crack a WPA2 Pre-Shared Key for Penetration Testing
Principal Penetration Tester Scottie Cole begins our wireless penetration testing series with capturing and cracking a WPA2 Pre-Shared Key using Wifite.
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Cool Tools Series: CeWL for Penetration Testing
Lead Penetration Tester Jason Taylor discusses how the CeWL Custom Word List generator can improve hashcat results for penetration testing.
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Password Series: 8 Practical First Steps to Crack Difficult Passwords in Penetration Tests
From rulesets & hardware to wordlists and mask attacks, Lead Penetration Tester Ryan Chaplin shows how to crack difficult password hashes in penetration tests.
