The Web DoNotPay's extension lets you share streaming services without revealing your password No more handing over your Netflix credentials By Rob Thubron, March 10, 2020, 5:20 AM 7 comments
Security Do any of your devices use these passwords? You could be at risk from hackers Attackers love default passwords By Rob Thubron, March 5, 2020, 9:34 AM 8 comments
Security The Web The best password managers Learn why the top 3 managers are Bitwarden, 1Password & KeePassXC By Sven Taylor, January 24, 2020, 12:14 PM 39 comments
Security The Web The worst passwords of 2019 are as bad as you expect '123456' is number one, again By Rob Thubron, December 20, 2019, 7:57 AM 27 comments
Google Security Chrome 79 has better password protection and real-time phishing warnings A separate extension is not longer needed to keep your passwords safe By Cal Jeffrey, December 11, 2019, 2:32 PM
Tech Culture Court says suspect in child porn case can't be forced to hand over password It would violate his Fifth Amendment rights By Rob Thubron, November 25, 2019, 5:20 AM 22 comments
Security Google Google is adding its Password Checkup feature directly into Chrome Warning users of compromised passwords By Rob Thubron, October 2, 2019, 9:57 AM
Software Microsoft Microsoft brings passwordless sign-in option to Windows 10 preview Pushing the benefits of Windows Hello By Rob Thubron, July 11, 2019, 7:40 AM 9 comments
Microsoft Windows Hello is getting FIDO2 certification, pushing passwords closer to extinction Multiple browser support is also on its way By Rob Thubron, May 9, 2019, 7:03 AM
Microsoft Security Windows 10 is getting rid of its password expiration policy, admits it's ineffective Good! By Rob Thubron, April 25, 2019, 8:27 AM 10 comments
Security The Web Millions of people still use 123456 as their password 123456789 came in second By Rob Thubron, April 22, 2019, 8:27 AM 9 comments
Security Facebook admits that millions, not thousands, of Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext Was Facebook trying to bury the news beneath the Mueller report? By Rob Thubron, April 19, 2019, 9:25 AM
Security Software DEA demanded a user's login details from LastPass But it never got them By Rob Thubron, April 15, 2019, 5:20 AM 23 comments
Security The Web Facebook admits it stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text The passwords were searchable by Facebook employees By Shawn Knight, March 21, 2019, 1:04 PM
Industry The Web Opinion: Tech standards still making slow but steady progress with USB 4 and WebAuthn Here's to a faster, easier, and more secure 2020 By Bob O'Donnell, March 5, 2019, 11:41 AM
Security The Web W3C declares WebAuthn the future that will replace your passwords The now official security specification will need to be implemented on websites and services for users to benefit By Cal Jeffrey, March 4, 2019, 3:13 PM 23 comments
Google Mobile Google and FIDO are trying to kill off the password on Android Thanks to FIDO2 certification By Rob Thubron, February 25, 2019, 8:44 AM
Google The Web Google's new Chrome extension can detect unsafe login credentials Google wants to help protect your accounts from hijackers By Shawn Knight, February 5, 2019, 2:01 PM
Security Collections #2-5, 845GB of stolen usernames and passwords, are circulating among hackers Hackers are sharing 2.2 billion unique usernames and passwords By Shawn Knight, January 31, 2019, 2:27 PM 9 comments
Security Leaked database exposes 87GB of emails and passwords Check if your details appear in Collection #1 By Rob Thubron, January 17, 2019, 7:57 AM 19 comments
Security The Web Worst passwords of 2018 revealed, '123456' retains top spot And 'password' is second By Rob Thubron, December 14, 2018, 7:57 AM 14 comments
Security Here are 2018's "worst password offenders" Congratulations, Kanye By Rob Thubron, December 13, 2018, 6:41 AM 12 comments
Security A hacker stole US drone and tank documents because nobody changed the default router password Hacker tried to sell sensitive US Air Force documents for $200 on the dark web By William Gayde, July 12, 2018, 6:03 AM 9 comments
Security The Web Study shows that most people are still bad at picking passwords Password walking isn't a good idea By Rob Thubron, May 24, 2018, 9:59 AM
Apple Security iOS 11.4 beta includes USB Restricted Mode to thwart devices like GrayKey Security feature disables the Lightning port after seven days requiring password to re-enable By Cal Jeffrey, May 8, 2018, 6:06 PM