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 ...

The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues users and organizations. But despite technological advances, passwords still guard ...

A password manager is an essential tool for your online security, but it shouldn't be where your cybersecurity awareness ends. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal ...

If your organization is like many, your employees may be relying on weak or easily guessable passwords — and inadvertently rolling out the red carpet for hackers and cybercriminals in the process. So ...

Security pundits have long called for the banishment of passwords, but the fact is they aren’t going anywhere, anytime soon. In fact, 88% of organizations still use passwords as their main form of ...

Sarah, a seasoned CFO at a midsized wealth management firm, made a critical mistake that nearly sank her company. Overwhelmed by her busy schedule, she used “TechCFO2024” as the password for both her ...

You need an account for just about everything these days. You need to create accounts for services such as Gmail, Netflix, and Amazon, as well as for online forums or sites like Reddit and YouTube.

Frequently, I do cybersecurity assessments for companies—and almost all of them have a password issue. Many of them have a 90-day password expiration policy; some have multifactor authentication (MFA) ...