The RockYou2024 leak, which exposed almost 10 billion passwords in July of last year, might seem like old news, but its impact is still felt today. It's considered ...

Hackers are constantly attempting to steal passwords, with Microsoft tracking 1,287 password attacks every second in 2022. If successful, the stolen passwords could open the door to other accounts, ...

Passwords can be difficult to manage. They have to be long and complex enough that hackers can’t guess them through brute force, and you need to have a unique password for every single account so that ...

A significant portion of cyber breaches begin with one simple issue: weak passwords. With modern cracking tools capable of ...

One of the more frustrating exercises in using anything online is keeping your passwords safe. They have to be easy to remember and hard to guess. Here is a trick I’ve used for years that seems to ...

People trust password managers, and when that trust isn’t upheld, it can prove costly — as LastPass has just discovered.

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...

Apple’s new Passwords app (introduced with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia) is a big leap forward in making password management simple and user-friendly for Apple users, even if it's not as ...

Let’s be honest: How many times have you used something like "123456" or "123123" as your password? With so many online accounts to juggle, it’s tempting to go for simple passwords, even though we ...

Account creation with a username and password has become an inescapable part of online life. Without a little help, keeping all of those passwords safe and memorized can be a pain. Fortunately, iOS ...

Secure Wi-Fi with strong router security, WPA3 encryption, firmware updates, and smart settings to protect your home network ...