TikTok has become one of the most powerful engines for viral trends, and attackers are quietly riding that wave to slip ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. If you read my article here, you will already know that ...

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, ...

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 study has revealed America’s most common passwords and the results make for concerning reading. It’s more important now than ever before for web users to protect personal information online with ...

Despite a barrage of news about high-profile breaches stemming from compromised login credentials and dire warnings from experts, people continue to use weak passwords that are easily cracked. New ...

Earlier this month, security guru Troy Hunt added a staggering two billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion unique passwords to his Have I Been Pwned and Pwned Passwords databases. Aggregated by ...

This year, “admin” is the most common password in South Africa, replacing last year's top choice of “123456”. Additionally, “admin” made the biggest leap, climbing from 20th place in South Africa last ...