Can one little digit change your luck when it comes to being hacked? Yes, according to researchers at ProxyScrape. That team has determined that simply adding the number 7 to your password, the time ...

[Haseeb] failed the marshmallow test as a kid. He has no self-control. He wastes a lot of time on reddit. There is a solution to this problem — simply lock yourself out of your account. The process is ...

Social media accounts, banking, online shopping. We all have to keep more passwords than we can count, and that makes it tempting to use passwords that are easy to remember.. But if you have an ...

You’re checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It’s a message about a password reset, but you never asked for ...

Experts recommend password managers like LastPass as the easiest way to generate unique, strong security codes for every one of your online accounts---which sounds great, until that password manager ...

Internet standards expert, CEO of web company iFusion Labs, and blogger John Pozadzides knows a thing or two about password security—and he knows exactly how he'd hack the weak passwords you use all ...

Conventional wisdom says that online security is built on several key ingredients, such as an overall awareness (like being savvy about phishing schemes), using strong passwords, and creating unique ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This article is more than 4 years old. Have you got a ...

Update:On Monday afternoon, vBulletin Technical Support Lead Wayne Luke issued a statement that said: “Given our analysis of the evidence provided by the Inject0r team, we do not believe that they ...

If Guinness has a world record for password leaks, then there’s a new all-time champion. Security experts say the largest password collection ever has been posted online, representing 8.4 entries ...