Having to come up with a password that matches the symbol requirements for every site can be a hassle, but there’s good reason for it. Of course, the more your ...

Myspace may be so 2006, but something that happened three years ago may be coming back to haunt hundreds of millions of users now. That's because the formerly popular social media site was hacked, not ...

You’re checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It’s a message about a password reset, but you never asked for ...

For just a few likes on a social media page, 272.3m hacked email usernames and passwords stolen in a major data breach are being traded in Russia’s criminal underworld, a security research firm has ...

An eight-character-long password made of numbers can be cracked instantly, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. Every year, the company releases its password table, which displays the time needed to ...

Here’s how long it takes a hacker to figure out your passwords — and the safest to use The Hive Systems Password Table shows how long it takes for a hacker to guess your password.© ...

Once again, ‘123456’ and ‘password’ top the list of terrible passwords, according to a 2016 study of leaks. Variations on the two make up seven of the top 10. SplashData has revealed a troubling ...

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