In the Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs, Dark Helmet (played by Rick Moranis) finds out the passcode to the shield guarding Druidia, a planet from which he intends to steal all the air, is “12345.” When ...

Length does matter (ha), but how you create and manage a password often matters just as much, if not more. A long password that's predictable or reused across accounts can still be cracked, leaked or ...

An online digital password manager system is warning that Americans remain vulnerable to hacks and account breaches as a new nationwide survey has found widespread use of weak, reused and predictable ...

Mgentry2 asked the Windows forum to recommend password managers that can “ keep track of both online passwords and desktop application passwords (Outlook, Quicken, etc.).” The safest passwords are ...

The health of your passwords is a big part of your overall online security and you shouldn't neglect it. Reviewing your passwords, weeding out the weak ones, and replacing them with stronger passwords ...

We've all set up a new password and defaulted to something familiar. A nickname. A birthday. Perhaps the name of your dog. That same combo you've used since high school. It feels harmless until your ...

STRONG PASSWORDS. SO WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT IT’S WORTH REPEATING. STRONG PASSWORDS ARE ABSOLUTELY THE KEY TO PERSONAL ONLINE SECURITY. I’VE TALKED TO MANY HACKING VICTIMS OVER THE YEARS, ...

Most people juggle dozens of logins, yet cling to a tiny handful of passwords that get recycled across banking, shopping, ...

Passwords are outdated, and it's time for both tech companies and users to move on. There, I said it. Like it or not, the weakest link in cybersecurity is anything that relies on human input. While ...