Another year, another report exposing our weakness for easy-to-guess passwords

A new 2025 report reveals we still haven’t learned as easy-to-guess passwords like “123456” and “password” continue to ...
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How password managers can be hacked – and how to stay safe

With access to the credentials stored in your password manager, threat actors could hijack your accounts to commit identity ...

Thieves steal $100M in jewels from Louvre after museum used own name as surveillance password

Louvre Museum reportedly used "Louvre" as password for surveillance system during $100M jewel heist. Learn how weak passwords ...

Nuclear codes, voicemail hacks and businesses going bust. These are some of the biggest password blunders

A 2014 security report resurfaced this week showing that the password for the server managing the CCTV network at the Louvre was simply “LOUVRE.” Here are some examples of technological mishaps and ...

How 1.3 billion passwords were stolen: Infostealer malware data breach explained

In one of the largest data leaks ever recorded, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a database containing over 1.3 ...