Passwords play a huge role in how you stay safe online. They protect your accounts, devices and money. Still, many people pick logins that criminals can guess in seconds. The latest NordPass report ...

A new report suggests younger generations may have weaker passwords than their older counterparts. And Canadians are among those using some of the most common passwords in their logins rather than ...

Passwords are necessary for almost everything these days – bank accounts, health portals, social media and streaming services. Keeping track of password after password can be as hard as creating new, ...

CompariTech on Thursday released a report detailing the most-used passwords of 2025, which reveals that "123456" is the worst password of the year. More than 7.61 million accounts out of 2 billion ...

Your browser wants to manage your passwords. Maybe it's to make your browsing experience more seamless in the hotly competitive browser wars, or maybe it's a response ...

It’s been a bad year for password managers. First, Microsoft announced earlier this summer that its popular Microsoft Authenticator app would be discontinuing its password manager feature and would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. There are plenty of lists of horror passwords. Those that are too ...

Passwords are usually the first, and sometimes only, line of defense against online security breaches. Unfortunately, even a strong password can still leave you vulnerable to cybersecurity threats.

Passwords have been ubiquitous to online activity since the invention of the internet, but experts told Newsweek that may not be true for much longer. Developments in artificial intelligence and new ...

Danni Santana spent nine years as an editor and business journalist covering industries including sports, retail, restaurants, and personal finance. He is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 25, 2025: This story, originally published May 23, ...

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 ...