Your password could already be compromised — act now.
Update, April 19, 2025: This story, originally published April 18, has been updated with technical information regarding passkeys and their security advantages in light of the latest reports of compromised passwords being listed online.
What’s more, these are not just idle threats, for want of a better term. They are incredibly effective. In 2024, the X-Force report confirmed that some eight million adverts on the dark web and in criminal forums, each containing lists of hundreds of stolen credentials, were found in relation to the top five infostealer malware threats. That’s at least 800 million passwords, likely more, listed online and represents just the tip of this nefarious cyber-iceberg.
Passkeys are both phishing and social-engineering resistant, meaning that hackers can’t steal and use your credentials if there are no credentials to steal in the first place.Passkeys are effortless to create and use, automatically-generated with no room for human error and nothing to remember. They also provide a very familiar experience as users can authorize use of their passkeys to unlock any service with biometrics.
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