News and Research

Romantic passwords appear regularly in breached credential sets. See the most popular terms and how to reduce risk with advice from Specops. Read More

Cyber risk in the insurance industry is growing in 2026. Understand the threats and the identity security controls that reduce risk. Read More

The Specops research team have launched the 2026 Breached Password Report, which contains analysis of over six billion malware stolen passwords. The launch of the report also coincides with the latest addition of over 1.3 billion passwords to the... Read More

Learn how the right password policy tools go beyond breach prevention and deliver ROI through reduced helpdesk calls. Read More

The strategic acquisition strengthens market leadership by unifying user identity with device trust, eliminating security blind spots. STOCKHOLM / PHILADELPHIA (December 9, 2025) – Outpost24, a leader in exposure management and identity security, today announced the acquisition of Infinipoint,... Read More

Specops analyses the latest ALIEN TXTBASE data leak and identifies 27M new compromised passwords. Understand the risks and protect your organization. Read More

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, we wanted to find out how many people previously used this time of year as inspiration for passwords that ended up breached. We analyzed 800 million compromised passwords and found the numbers tell... Read More

The Specops research team has analyzed passwords being used to attack FTP ports over the past 30 days, in live attacks happening against real networks. Our team have found the most common passwords being used in brute force attacks,... Read More

Almost two years ago, the Specops research team analyzed how long it took to crack passwords hashed with the bcrypt algorithm. Two years is a long time in cybersecurity, so we’re revisiting the research with newer, more powerful hardware,... Read More