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 password that we used for every site ...

From emails to bank accounts to streaming services, it seems like everything requires a password nowadays. It can be hard to keep track of them, especially after ...

Security experts have warned for years that to protect our online accounts we need to change passwords frequently and make sure that those passwords are filled with letters, numbers and random ...

Admit it: Do you ever use "123456" or "qwerty123" as a password? Given the challenges of juggling dozens or hundreds of online accounts, it's easy to opt for simple (but weak) passwords. Based on a ...

The best way to lock something up digitally—whether it's to keep out hackers or your kids—is to use a different, strong password for every site and situation. So when break-ins occur, like they did on ...

Passwords are a pain. To be effective, they need to be long and complex, use a mix of characters, and you need a unique one for every account. Most people have a hard time remembering strong passwords ...

Password management is key for the smart home -- and also a major security vulnerability if passwords get bad or lazy. It can be easy to make password mistakes when first setting up new devices, but ...

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 30: A Capital One bank stands in Midtown Manhattan on July 30, 2019 in New York City. In one of the largest-ever thefts of bank data, a software engineer in Seattle was arrested ...

Theories on what constitutes a good password are always fodder for hot debates among information security folks. Should they be complicated (upside: hard to crack, downside: requires the user to write ...