Passkeys Explained: The Order to Switch From Passwords in 2026 (Without Locking Yourself Out)
Specops Software’s 2026 Breached Password Report, published in January 2026, analyzed more than 6 billion malware-stolen passwords captured over the course of 2025 — roughly six times the 1.09 billion passwords its previous edition had analyzed the year before. The most commonly compromised passwords were still things like “123456” and “password.” None of that is new information, exactly, but the scale of it is what’s changed: infostealer malware is now harvesting credentials at a pace passwords alone can’t really defend against.
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