People know reusing passwords is risky – then do it anyway
And most people don’t change their password even after hearing about a breach, a survey finds
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5 common password mistakes you should avoid
Password recycling or using easy-to-guess passwords are just two common mistakes you may be making when protecting your digital accounts
Half a million Zoom accounts for sale on the dark web
Even accounts belonging to banks and educational institutions were found on lists plastered across various hacker forums
Security flaws found in popular password managers
Not all they’re cracked up to be? Several password vaults contain vulnerabilities, both new and previously disclosed but never patched, a study says
Microsoft: 99.9 percent of hacked accounts didn’t use MFA
Only 11 percent of all enterprise accounts have multi-factor authentication enabled
38,000 people forced to pick up email passwords in person
Malware and legal requirements force academics and students to join a near-endless line in order to pick up their passwords
The worst passwords of 2019: Did yours make the list?
These passwords may win the popularity contest but lose flat out in security
Chrome now warns you if your password has been stolen
The browser’s latest version also aims to up the ante in phishing protection
World Password Day: A day to review your defenses
So, do you think you’ve been ‘pwned’? That’s the question to ask yourself today
Over 23 million breached accounts used ‘123456’ as password
The notorious six-digit string continues to 'reign supreme' among the most-hacked passwords
Credential‑stuffing attacks behind 30 billion login attempts in 2018
Streaming media feature among services that take the spotlight in a report on credential-stuffing attacks in 2018
How to spot if your password was stolen in a security breach
Following the revelation that a list containing millions of stolen usernames and passwords had appeared online, we tell you a few different ways to find out if your credentials were stolen in that—or any other—security breach
Google rolls out Chrome extension to warn you about compromised logins
The new tool aims to help in an age when billions of login credentials are floating around the internet
773 million email IDs, 21 million passwords for anyone to see in massive data dump
The vast dossier of login details appears to have been gathered from data stolen in many breaches
The most popular passwords of 2018 revealed: Are yours on the list?
Besides the usual suspects among the worst of passwords, a handful of notable – but similarly poor – choices make their debuts
Who needs passwords? Microsoft now lets you in with your face or security key
The software giant takes passwords one step closer to obsolescence as it now enables users to log into their Microsoft accounts with more modern forms of authentication
Strict password policy could prevent credential reuse, paper suggests
The solution to password recycling may be easier to implement than previously thought, according to a recent paper
Major sites still largely lax on prompting users towards safer password choices, study finds
A study assessed whether or not the most popular English-language websites help users strengthen their security by providing them with guidance on creating safer passwords during account sign-up or password-change processes
Attackers could use heat traces left on keyboard to steal passwords
The attack, called "Thermanator", could use your body heat against you in order to steal your credentials or any other short string of text that you have typed on a computer keyboard
Twitter advises all users to change passwords after glitch
A bug within Twitter’s internal systems exposed, in plain text, the passwords of an undisclosed number of users.