Passwords sit somewhere between the daily annoyance and necessary evil of the digital age. Once upon a time, most of us had that single, easy-to-remember six-digit ...

The days of using your first child’s name and birth date for all your passwords are long gone. That’s just too easy to crack, security experts say. Instead, we were told to use assortments of words ...

In today's digital age, hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their efforts to gain access to your accounts and data. Aside from breaching databases and ...

The hacking of the password manager should make us reassess whether to trust companies to store our sensitive data in the cloud. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer ...

Tech gurus have been saying for years that the online password will go extinct, yet Apple just launched its own version of a password manager at its WWDC earlier this week. Niche players have staked ...

For easy login to frequently-used websites or apps, many of us choose to save our credentials in a browser or app’s password manager. Once you change your NetID password, it does not automatically ...

People who regularly use online services have between 100 and 200 passwords. Very few can remember every single one. Password managers are therefore extremely helpful, allowing users to access all ...

A good password can mean the difference between identity safety and identity theft. Unfortunately, too many otherwise intelligent people rely on ridiculously weak passwords, the kind that make hackers ...