Avoiding the password ‘password’ might seem obvious if you want to protect your accounts from being hacked. But new research from NordPass suggests it’s the most used password in the UK this year, ...

A hacker has published today a list of plaintext usernames and passwords, along with IP addresses for more than 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers. Also: The best VPNs in 2020 ZDNet, which ...

Millions of Gmail usernames and passwords have apparently been posted online by hackers -- although it's not clear how many are current. A user named tvskit posted a list on a Russian bitcoin web ...

123456 is, in the password world, about as lazy as it gets. All passwords are certainly not created equal, and some are way more common – and predictable – than others. Cybersecurity experts are ...

Usernames and passwords for over 15 billion accounts, including network administrator accounts, bank accounts and streaming services are in circulation online, according to security company ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

I could use a big DB of MD5 hashes and passwords, just to show how useless MD5 is*. Where I work all our systems use MD5 and DES for "encryption" (whoever wrote the code -- dozens of people -- didn't ...

No one lives forever, so it's important to plan what happens to your passwords after you're gone. These top-rated password ...

A new report from threat intelligence startup Digital Shadows Ltd. has found that 24 billion stolen and breached usernames and passwords are available on the dark web, the shady corner of the internet ...

Our usernames and passwords, to all kinds of websites, are for sale on the dark web. Some, like bank account passwords, are obviously valuable.... Take A Peek Inside The Market For Stolen Usernames ...

We’re still doing this, huh? It’s that time again. Each year’s end brings list after list of the worst data security sins and a ranking of password no-nos, and it appears that many of us have learned ...

Readers with neck problems are advised to skip this post because it is sure to have your head shaking. Officials who run the city of Bozeman, Montana — perhaps setting a new standard for privacy ...