Create stronger, more secure passwords: We are nagged to do it all the time, but few of us actually make the effort. Meanwhile, passwords continue to be stolen, leaked, and cracked on a regular basis.

To create a truly strong password, you should use a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. Creating strong passwords can help protect your accounts from hackers, but no matter how ...

Passwords are both the bane and the backbone of your online life. Facial recognition and fingerprint scanners have brought us closer to a passwordless future, but we’re not there yet. Most websites ...

Nowadays, it has become a challenge to safeguard your digital privacy. There are numerous malware and spying agencies that want to spy on you all the time. Moreover, the attackers try to compromise ...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates declared the password dead. He told his audience that the password can’t meet the challenge of keeping sensitive information protected, saying “People use the same ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Recent leaks at AT&T and Roku put millions of customers’ information in danger of being compromised by hackers and cybercriminals. The first line of defense you ...

Passwords are our first line of defense online, and the sad truth is most of us just aren’t very good at creating strong ones. We use the same weak passwords over and over again, despite knowing ...

In recent years the received wisdom on passwords -- that they need to be complex, lengthy, and changed frequently -- has begun to be challenged. These type of passwords are not only potentially ...

It’s certainly tempting to use the same password again and again — who really has the capacity to remember different ...

You can reduce the chance of getting online threats like ransomware by rethinking your password policy. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Answer: Reset your passwords ...

I’m no longer using passwords that look something like this: W#7s@Pq!. They were very difficult to remember and extremely frustrating to enter, especially using a phone’s tiny onscreen keyboard. I ...