'Create new Password' … another password to add to the collection, it gets overwhelming. The average American has over 100 passwords on various sites and lost password problems take up as much as two ...

Cybersecurity experts have revealed the logic behind their advice to use three random words when creating passwords. In a new blog post, experts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which is ...

To create a truly strong password, you should use a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. Creating strong passwords can help protect your accounts from hackers, but no matter how ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Recent leaks at AT&T and Roku put millions of customers’ information in danger of being compromised by hackers and cybercriminals. The first line of defense you ...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates declared the password dead. He told his audience that the password can’t meet the challenge of keeping sensitive information protected, saying “People use the same ...

Passwords are our first line of defense online, and the sad truth is most of us just aren’t very good at creating strong ones. We use the same weak passwords over and over again, despite knowing ...

In recent years the received wisdom on passwords -- that they need to be complex, lengthy, and changed frequently -- has begun to be challenged. These type of passwords are not only potentially ...

INDIANAPOLIS — What’s safe today is not safe tomorrow. That’s the mindset that professor of computer and information technology at Purdue University Mustafa Abdallah has about passwords and keeping ...

I heard from a lot of readers when I asked people to share how they remember and store their passwords. I wrote about my mom’s method of writing down her important passwords. In fact, she treated ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released updated password guidelines that might surprise you in that they’ve made the dark art of keeping yourself secure slightly ...

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It’s certainly tempting to use the same password again and again — who really has the capacity to remember different ...