These are the most common PINs you should absolutely avoid using
Some PINs are surprisingly common, and cyber-criminals know that
GeForce RTX 5090 cracks passwords up to twice as fast as the RTX 4090
Access to the latest number crunchers lets hackers crack your weak credentials with ease
US Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard reused the same weak password across Gmail, Dropbox, and LinkedIn
Thankfully, it wasn't "1234," "password," or "admin"
Facepalm: Studies show that most people still reuse weak passwords across multiple accounts despite years of warnings from cybersecurity experts against the practice. Recent leaks reveal that poor password discipline even occurs at the upper levels of the United States government.
Windows Remote Desktop Protocol contains a login backdoor Microsoft refuses to fix
It's not a bug, but a feature, Microsoft confirmed to concerned researchers
WTF?! The proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft to facilitate remote connections to Windows machines contains an outstanding security flaw. However, Microsoft has stated that it has no plans to fix the issue, as doing so would break compatibility with many applications.
After studying 19 billion passwords, one big problem: Over 90% are terrible
TL;DR: A new study analyzing more than 19 billion passwords from relatively recent data breaches between April 2024 and 2025 has found that the vast majority are weak. Alarmingly, only six percent of the leaked passwords were unique, leading researchers to describe a widespread epidemic of weak password reuse.
Are Passwords Dead? What Are Passkeys, and Why Everyone's Talking About Them
Tired of forgetting passwords and getting locked out of your accounts? Passkeys offer a simpler, safer way to log in---no passwords, no frustration, just a quick scan or tap on your device.
Dozens of apartment buildings at risk due to a single default password
Who is to blame, admins or the manufacturer?
Passkeys reach 15 billion accounts but fall short of expectations so far
Why though? They're safer, easier and faster to use than traditional methods
Easy to guess, hard to believe: America's most common passwords
Old habits die hard
Hacked TP-Link routers at center of massive botnet used to attack Azure customers
The network is probably still operational and likely acquiring new infrastructure
Europe fines Meta $106 million for storing user passwords in plaintext
Meta has been fined a number of times for violating the GDPR
NIST standards proposal looks to retire outdated requirements like mandatory password resets
Rules regarding the use or limitation of specific characters are also on the chopping block
Novel phishing attack uses "no-escape" kiosk mode in Chrome to extract passwords
The quick fix is Control-Alt-Delete
Newly discovered flaw makes some YubiKeys vulnerable to cloning
All YubiKey models running firmware prior to version 5.7 are affected
Can you manage your passwords? Survey shows many feel overwhelmed yet overconfident about it
Sharing and reusing passwords remain common practices, unfortunately
Google apologizes after 15 million Chrome users lost access to their passwords
Google Password Manager was borked for almost 18 hours
A record 10 billion passwords were just posted to a popular hacking forum
Hackers can do a lot of damage with this database
Apple set to launch Passwords app, taking on LastPass and 1Password
Powered by iCloud Keychain
Google says passkeys are now used by over 400 million accounts, and over a billion sign-ins
Passkeys are more popular and feature-rich than ever
Nvidia RTX 4090 can crack complex 8-character passwords in minutes
The Nvidia A100 can do it even faster
UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices
Companies that ignore the law face a $12.5 million fine
Vision Pro users are angry the device has no reset or recovery measures for password loss
A day-one password bug locks users out of the headset, and a trip to the store is the only remedy
Mercedes-Benz accidentally shared its source code and business secrets with the whole world
A perplexing human error put the German carmaker's IT security at risk
23andMe confirms last year's massive data breach went unnoticed for five months, hackers stole raw genotype data
The company previously blamed customers for reusing passwords