One of the most frustrating troubleshooting situations one may come across is when a user has forgotten his or her system password. Luckily, resetting it is pretty straightforward. Joe is a seasoned ...

You don't need to reinstall your whole operating system just because you forgot your Linux login. It's actually pretty easy ...

Password authentication contains a lot of assumptions about security and trust. Encrypted SSH tunnels and public key verification are two common ways to ensure that your password is not compromised in ...

Microsoft is launching a new anti-phishing measure which will issue a warning to users when they paste their system credentials into documents and websites. The new feature, available now in preview ...

The Open University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Several high-profile security breaches have, of late, got many people wondering about their passwords. It would be ...