GeForce RTX 5090 cracks passwords up to twice as fast as the RTX 4090

Cracking the Codes: A new Hive Systems Password Table update highlights a growing concern: modern GPUs can crack hashed passwords faster than ever. As hardware improves, short or simple credentials provide little to no defense – making longer, more complex passphrases increasingly vital for security. Security company Hive Systems has been pushing the boundaries of password cracking using the latest GPU hardware since 2020. Its most recent Hive Systems Password Table update employs the GeForce RTX 5090 to boost cracking performance against hashed passwords substantially. Should users and companies be concerned? The answer isn't entirely cut-and-dry. Hash functions convert text of any length into fixed-size values, turning a list of plaintext passwords into a cryptic hash table. Even if attackers steal this table from a server, there is no way to reverse the hash to reveal the original passwords. Hackers can still try to crack hashed passwords by computing countless character combinat ... Read full article.