A publicly accessible database containing more than 149 million usernames and passwords was discovered, and before it was taken offline, it included logins from 900,000 iCloud users. The database ...

Email platforms such as Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook could be affected, as well as social media websites including Facebook and TikTok Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing malware. The ...

‘123456’ continues to reign supreme as the most commonly-used password among people across the world, according to two reports, from NordPass and Comparitech, respectively. A full 25 percent of the ...

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using the ...

For years, I've been told the same thing: Make your passwords longer. Add more characters, throw in symbols, mix uppercase and lowercase letters and you'll be safer online. But as password attacks get ...

Can you remember all your passwords off the top of your head? If so, you probably have too few of them – or, heaven forbid, only one that you use everywhere. But that problem could become a thing of ...

For over 30 years, logging into websites has worked the same way. You create a password, the website saves it, and you both cross your fingers it never gets stolen ...

The EU's NIS2 Directive is pushing organizations to take cybersecurity seriously, and that means looking closely at how you manage access. If you're responsible for security in a company that falls ...

A dataset of 2 billion email addresses and 1.3 billion passwords have been discovered online — leaving millions of people vulnerable to account takeovers. The dataset, compiled by security ...

If you have not checked your credentials lately, now is the time. A staggering 1.3 billion unique passwords and 2 billion unique email addresses surfaced online. This event is one of the largest ...

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 ...