Brute force is just one of many methods hackers use to crack passwords, which is why it’s so important to use a different long password for each of your online accounts.

The Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn walks you through common techniques hackers use to crack passwords, and how you can protect yourself.

To determine how long it would take to crack 15,600,000 common passwords via artificial intelligence, Home Security Heroes enlisted an AI tool known as PassGAN.

What are the worst passwords? NordPass just released its list of the 200 worst passwords of 2020 that could expose your personal data to hackers.

If the network you want to crack is using the more popular WPA encryption, see our guide to cracking a Wi-Fi network's WPA password with Reaver instead.