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A new study has revealed America’s most common passwords and the results make for concerning reading. It’s more important now than ever before for web users to protect personal information online with ...

Earlier this month, security guru Troy Hunt added a staggering two billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion unique passwords to his Have I Been Pwned and Pwned Passwords databases. Aggregated by ...

This year, “admin” is the most common password in South Africa, replacing last year's top choice of “123456”. Additionally, “admin” made the biggest leap, climbing from 20th place in South Africa last ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first ...

Choosing new and remembering old passwords is a frustration familiar to anyone with a computer, but password managers make ...

Passwords are necessary for almost everything these days – bank accounts, health portals, social media and streaming services. Keeping track of password after password can be as hard as creating new, ...

Revealed on Thanksgiving Eve, the incident serves as a reminder that we're all responsible for exploring additional security options.

Passwords play a huge role in how you stay safe online. They protect your accounts, devices and money. Still, many people pick logins that criminals can guess in seconds. The latest NordPass report ...

Despite a barrage of news about high-profile breaches stemming from compromised login credentials and dire warnings from experts, people continue to use weak passwords that are easily cracked. New ...

Getting your family to adopt new technology is a double-edged sword, especially when they use passwords that are easy to guess. That's scary since the internet is rife with scams and hacks, making ...