Understanding Password Preferences, Memorability, and Security through a Human-Centered Lens

Passwords remain the primary authentication method, yet user-created passwords are often the weakest due to the security-usability trade-off. Although AI-based password generators are emerging, little is known about their effectiveness and user perceptions. This eye-tracking study examined how...

Why You Should Swap Passwords for Passphrases

The advice didn't change for decades: use complex passwords with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. The idea is to make passwords harder for hackers to crack via brute force methods. But more recent guidance shows our focus should be on password length, rather than complexity. Length is...

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in x360ce/x360ce

Description The password-generation algorithm used in the function NewPassword simply adds bias to the output password instead of making it easier to remember. Proof of Concept - Use the NewPassword function a large amount of times and store the output. - Look at the frequency of each character o...