Passwords Are Dead: Introduction To Modern Authentication Methods
Secure Reading, Friday, February 13th, 2026
Attackers rarely 'hack' systems directly anymore. Instead, they log in. Phishing, credential stuffing, password reuse, and data breaches have made passwords easy to steal and cheap to abuse.
Even strong passwords fail when:
- Users reuse them across services
- Phishing pages capture them in real time
- Malware logs keystrokes
- Breached databases leak hashes
As a result, identity has become the primary attack surface.