A viral X post is claiming Claude 'cracked' a forgotten bitcoin wallet to recover 5 BTC from a user's computer. But don't get caught in the hype as that is not what happened. Anthropic's AI simply ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

The landscape of puzzle-solving has shifted from manual brute-force methods to AI-assisted development, with Microsoft Copilot now capable of generating and editing code directly in your live ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. With just a few dollars, a little time, and a smart ...

To mark the occasion of World Password Day, Kaspersky experts analysed 231-million unique passwords in major password leaks from 2023 to 2026, and uncovered several key patterns. First, 68% of modern ...

What are the chances that your password begins with [insert random jumble of letters/word in mixed cases] followed by [numbers]? Apparently, according ...

For centuries, humans looked to seers and astrologers to determine fate. Today, we look to algorithms, and the loss of agency is the same.

Security researchers have detected a “sharp rise” in brute-force attempts to hijack SonicWall and Fortinet devices, with the vast majority (88%) appearing to come from the Middle East. Barracuda said ...

U.S. Air Force pilots ejecting from fighter jets in combat is rare, but the risk rises when forces are in major air campaigns against adversaries. Here are some examples: In 2011, an F-15E Strike ...

To most defenders, another brute-force alert on exposed RDP is background noise — bread-and-butter activity you triage and move past. For the Huntress Tactical Response Team, one of those “routine” ...