Given all the cybercrime over the last several years, you can pretty much guarantee that your password has been compromised. If you want to check, head over to Troy Hunt’s HaveIBeenPwned site and ...

Cybersecurity research shows weak passwords remain a major threat, with simple patterns and number sequences putting millions ...

BRITS have been warned to change their dangerously hackable passwords as soon as possible. Security experts have revealed a list of the most common passwords – and they’re so easy to crack, hackers ...

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¢ Use at least seven characters and include numbers, a special character like “&” and use both upper- and lowercase letters. ¢ Don’t use simple words that refer to anything noticeable about yourself, ...

Experts from Peec AI have analysed 100 million passwords from data breaches over the last six years to reveal the most common words, phrases, and values. Amazingly, '123456' is the most popular number ...

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 ...

Britons have stopped relying on "password" to secure their online accounts, new research has revealed. But don't celebrate just yet — this notoriously weak password has been replaced by a ...

The term "admin" was the most commonly used password in the United States in 2025, according to the latest NordPass report ...