“123456” is the most widely used password on breached accounts, according to a recent password re-use study c by computer engineering students at Cyprus...
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation this week offers some radical tips for private Internet users and businesses alike. Chief among them: disable autofill...
Passwords are a big part of your cybersafety. If criminals get ahold of one of your accounts, they could impersonate you, message your contacts, access your...
Facebook just can’t get a break. After a long string of accusations directed at the social platform for security and privacy concerns, Facebook has now been...
Weak or default passwords are behind 81% of data breaches, and most people who use such a password know better. Worse still, Internet users recycle the same...
Regular internet users today juggle numerous accounts on various platforms and websites, often using the same weak password for all of them. Tech-literate...
2018 alone has seen billions of accounts hacked across a wide range of applications and services, proving once more that even the biggest Internet players...
Image credits: bitsfrombytes.com. Every year, the fine gents at SplashData both entertain and horrify us with a list of the 100 worst passwords out there...
Facebook, which revealed last week that a massive data breach compromised 50 million accounts, is facing a potential $1.63 billion / €1.4 billion penalty under...
A consulting director at Asia Pacific College (APC) in the Philippines decided to match student GPAs against the strength of their passwords. The findings...