Fitz and the Tantrums dropped the music video for the feel-good "123456" on Wednesday (March 20). By Glenn Rowley Fitz and the Tantrums dropped the music video for the feel-good “123456” on Wednesday ...

Everyone needs a password manager. If you're willing to pay a monthly or annual fee, these options are worth it. Read now In one of the biggest password re-use studies of its kind, an analysis of more ...

Despite repeated warnings from online security experts advising against the use of easy-to-crack passwords, it seems some many folks still can’t be bothered to think up a more complex string of ...

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald's chatbot job application platform, that exposed the chats of more than 64 million job applications across the United States.

Perhaps you chuckled at the irony of making your password “password.” Or you thought it was the right place to express affection for your favorite primate by choosing “monkey.” More likely, you were ...

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The worst and most common passwords of 2017 are in, and the reigning champ is still "123456." Next in line is "password," which isn't really any better. Interestingly, the results show that there are ...

For the 5th year in a row, "123456" is most used password, with "password" coming in at second place. Even in the wake of a constant stream of data breaches, hacks, and ransomware attack reports ...

An analysis of the 100,000 most-commonly re-occurring breached passwords confirms that ‘123456’ is the undisputed king of atrocious passwords. Using data from Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), a website that ...

When it comes to using passwords in this increasingly digital world, are people simply too lazy to use strong ones and consistently change them, or is it that generating a strong password is a very ...

Is anyone seriously still using 123456 as a password? Indeed they are, according to NordPass' top 200 list of most common passwords for 2020, and they're putting their data at risk. Chances are that ...

When it comes to updating passwords, we are creatures of habit – and change is hard. But it’s 2020 and it may be time to beef up your security game because, according to new research, people are still ...