passwords

Prompted by blow-up over Chrome's apathy about password security, expert urges Google to lock passwords with a master key

When it comes to information security, there are a lot of "misperceptions" and "exaggerations" about both the threats facing businesses and the technologies that might be used to protect their important data assets. For example, myth #10: "Encryption is the best way to keep your sensitive files safe"

You’re best off forgetting your grammar lessons when it comes to creating passphrases, according to new research out of Carnegie Mellon University and MIT.

Unfortunately, password-reset messages and verification questions come with their own problems and risks.

2godballdaglory asked the Answer Line forum how he can boot an old PC with a password he no longer remembers.

In early August, Wired reporter Mat Honan had his most precious passwords hacked via a complex series of social engineering exploits. The breach made headlines because it exposed security flaws in Apple and Amazon customer service policies; but let’s not forget that the Honan saga capped a long summer full of server invasions that exposed millions of user passwords en masse.

A Pennsylvania school assistant has been charged with misusing passwords to access and change her children's grades on the institution's computer system.

A recent data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 255,000 people in Utah has once again highlighted the longstanding but often underestimated risks posed to organizations by weak and default passwords.

Password use needs an overhaul that is driven not by guesswork but by actually understanding the real damage that can be done when password security is compromised, according to a Microsoft researcher.

The App Store is chock full of password-protection apps, but one of the most popular is SecureSafe, which lets you store passwords, documents and, recently, photos, in a secure folder system in the app.

Have you had an account hacked, or had your personal information stolen? Do you have data that needs to be protected? Fear no more. Researchers from the Max-Planck-Institut f?

The most popular password among nearly 400,000 exposed by the Gawker hack was "12345," according to a security firm's analysis.