Common passwords also vary by generation. The seventh most popular password among Gen-Zers, for instance, is “skibidi.” ...

Passwords help protect some of our most personal information, but often times they don't actually end up being that personal — making them very easy to circumvent. NordPass, a company that helps users ...

Cybersecurity company, Hive Systems, has just put out its 2025 Password Table as a continuation of its yearly analysis of how difficult passwords are to crack. The results are in, and while it's not ...

The pattern is clear: many of us still rely on simple words, easy number strings and familiar keyboard patterns.

Outsource your password management or keep it in-house manually. Either way, it doesn’t have to be rocket science. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: you should use a different password for ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for governmental agencies, standards organizations, and private companies, has proposed ...

There is a reason why most services ask for a specific number of characters for passwords, and even specific types of characters. If you’ve ever wondered why, well, a cybersecurity firm, Hive Systems, ...

NordPass's list of the top 200 most common passwords highlights cause for serious concern when it comes to online security.

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 ...

iChat AIM passwords cannot be longer than 16 characters MacFixIt reader Jonathan reports that AOL Instant Messenger passwords cannot be longer than 16 letters, despite iChat's acceptance of passwords ...

With regard to yesterday's item detailing Mac OS X's effective limitation of passwords to eight characters, several readers speculate that the problem may be more of a simple quirk than a true ...