This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Jan. 22, 2025: This story, originally published Jan.

Common words, names, and places are frequently used and easily guessed passwords. "1234" is the most common password, followed by simple variations and "password" itself. State names like Carolina, ...

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 ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

One of the most successful forms of password breaches occurs when hackers simply guess commonly used passwords. And while organizations often invest in advanced security measures, they sometimes ...

123456 is, in the password world, about as lazy as it gets. All passwords are certainly not created equal, and some are way more common – and predictable – than others. Cybersecurity experts are ...

One of the simplest ways for a hacker to gain control of your online accounts is by getting hold of your password. Sometimes, they do this through brute force attacks — automatically checking millions ...

(WJAR) — Be honest – are you really creating a unique password for every account? A new survey by CNET reveals 24% of Americans are using the same password across multiple accounts – which is really ...