Credential stuffing attacks use stolen passwords to log in at scale. Learn how they work, why they’re rising, and how to ...

Passwords tied to fast food remain common in over 110,000 breaches Substituting letters with symbols no longer protects accounts from automated attacks Reusing weak passwords continues to threaten ...

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using the ...

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Smart homes are at risk without robust passwords. Here are the checks and changes I highly recommend as a fresh start for the new year. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has ...

Passwords are the first line of defense in protecting access to the finances, credit information, and identities of our businesses and personal lives. But collectively, most Americans do a pretty ...

Facepalm: It's almost 2026 and the world's population has never been so tech-savvy. When it comes to passwords, however, a lot of people are stuck in the 1990s. Another study examining the most common ...

You may have seen warnings that Google is telling all of its users to change their Gmail passwords due to a breach. That’s only partly true. Google is telling users ...

October is Cybersecurity Month, a time when we’re all reminded to take simple steps to better protect ourselves online. Experts agree the biggest way to do that is to ditch your passwords and start ...

Remembering hundreds of secure passwords isn’t really possible unless you’re some kind of savant. What to do? Well, passkeys are a great alternative, but they’re far from universal… so some kind of ...