passwords

Comparing the worst passwords of 2014 with the infamous top 50 passwords from the Gawker Media breach in 2010.

We have constructed a list of promises that you should make to yourself this year to stay safe both online and offline.

As you know, it is quite important to have a strong password. But what is a strong password?

Applying the incorrect settings to your router may lead to serious problems. Here is a short guide to protecting your home Wi-Fi network.

Let’s take a look at the security features in the new version of Mac OS X – Yosemite. Apple certainly makes a decent effort.

It’s not always easy to give general advice to Android users because the OS is so very diverse. But we have ten security tips that are relevant for almost any Android version.

Read highlights from our top posts in October.

Twitter debuts a grand but simple plan to replace passwords where your phone number is your username and an SMS-generated code is your password.

New research shows that studying and mnemonic devices could help us to better remember our passwords.

Your primary email account is often the master key that can provide backup access to all other accounts, which is why you must be particularly careful with it.

Data breaches have become a routine. It can happen to any site, any day. You can’t prevent it, but there is a way to minimize the damage.

In the news: Microsoft’s No-IP takedown fiasco, Chinese APT groups curious about U.S. Iraq policy, Verizon says the government wants locations data, and Microsoft denies backdoor insinuations.

Making a case for password reuse, Google hiring hackers to fix the Internet, Apple bolsters security across its services with strong Crypto, plus various fixes and more.

Enabling two-factor authentication makes it significantly harder for an attacker to compromise your online accounts, but what is it and when should you use it?

eBay users will be forced to change their passwords because of a data breach that exposed encrypted user credentials.

Top Apps to protect you from prying eyes, mischievous kids, thieves, natural disasters, forgetfulness and of course malware.

UPDATE: A previous version of this article stated – citing a list on Github – that users on a site called HideMyAss were affected by Heartbleed. A spokesperson from that

Any of your passwords, be it for email, social networks or online banking hold value for cybercriminals, because almost any stolen account can be used in fraud schemes. It’s no

Kaspersky Lab’s Brian Donohue explains two-factor authentication Download podcast for offline listening

Almost all computer security instructions, whether it is a help page on Facebook, corporate regulations or part of the “… for dummies” series, urge us to use strong passwords at

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