With processors getting speedier and password-hacking software freely available on the Web, the eight-letter password may soon be obsolete. Georgia Tech researchers used graphics cards to crack eight-character passwords in two hours; divining 12-character passwords, by contrast, would have taken more than 17,000 years. The researchers say any password shorter than a dozen characters could soon be vulnerable.

(Source: CNN Tech)

Published in Dawn, Economic & Business, November 24th, 2014