Compared to 2024, the time it takes to crack passwords using consumer-grade GPUs has dropped by nearly 20%.

An eight-character password made up of only lowercase letters can now be cracked in just 3 weeks using consumer-grade GPUs.

Compared to 2024, the time it takes to crack passwords using consumer-grade GPUs has dropped by nearly 20%.

1.7 billion stolen credential records were shared in underground forums.

Initial access brokers on cybercriminal forums are increasingly offering: corporate credentials (20%), RDP access (19%), admin panels (13%), web shells (12%).

Stolen credentials are the second highest initial infection vector, making up 16% of investigations. This rise means stolen credentials were the second most common initial infection vector for the first time in 2024.

72% of both Gen Z and Millennial respondents estimate they have fewer than 25 unique passwords.

One in four (25%) Gen Z respondents share passwords by including them in the body of a text.

62% of Gen Z report some level of stress when it comes to managing passwords.

Only 13% of Gen Z report using a password manager to securely share sensitive login information.

35% of Gen Z respondents revealed they never or rarely update passwords after a data breach at a company with which they have an account. Only 10% of Gen Z reported that they always update compromised passwords.

55% of all respondents have abandoned logging into an account entirely or created a new one just to avoid the hassle of resetting a password.

79% of Gen Z believe that reusing the same password across multiple accounts is risky.

A quarter (25%) of Gen Z often or always rely on the password reset function to access an account when they’ve forgotten their password. This is higher than 11% of Boomers and 17% of Gen X who do the same.

67% of Boomers say they don’t share passwords at all, and only 7% of Boomers resort to text-based sharing.

19% of Gen Z send screenshots of their credentials.

21% of Gen X admit they don’t trust or know how to set up a password manager

72% of Gen Z admit they reuse the same password across accounts. This contrasts with 42% of Boomers who report doing the same.

30% of Gen Z often or always forget passwords to important accounts.

38% of Gen Z report changing only a single character or reusing an existing password when prompted to update a credential. This is similar to 31% of Millennials.