Remembering all the passwords you use on a daily basis can be a struggle. Whether it’s logging into Amazon, checking your online banking or settling down to watch something on Netflix, seeing the ...

If “123456” is your password, it may be time for a change. That was the unsurprising conclusion of a survey revealing the internet’s most vulnerable passwords, which also warned that codes using names ...

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 ...

People are bad at passwords. Most don’t bother with the unique, complex phrases or character strings that make a good password. Worse, they share weak passwords with others. The best password managers ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

The easiest way to reset a forgotten Windows password is to use a previously created password-reset disk. You can create such a disk (on USB removable media or a ...

Using a password manager is one of the top safety practices recommended by security experts. Yet only 39 percent of consumers use one, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey. Instead, many ...

A password manager is a program that stores passwords and logins for various sites and apps, and that generates new strong passwords when a user needs to change an old one or create a new account.

Pop quiz: What has been the most popular — and therefore least secure — password every year since 2013? If you answered “password,” you’d be close. “Qwerty” is another contender for the dubious ...

For easy login to frequently-used websites or apps, many of us choose to save our credentials in a browser or app’s password manager. Once you change your NetID password, it does not automatically ...