Passwords are necessary for almost everything these days – bank accounts, health portals, social media and streaming services. Keeping track of password after password can be as hard as creating new, ...

iOS 26 is packed with big and small changes, only a fraction of which most users have likely discovered. Three of those changes have enabled me to make Apple’s Passwords app my one and only password ...

What if AI-assisted development is less of a threat, and more of a jetpack? This month’s report tackles vibe coding, along with new JavaScript tools and techniques to explore in your AI-assisted free ...

CompariTech on Thursday released a report detailing the most-used passwords of 2025, which reveals that "123456" is the worst password of the year. More than 7.61 million accounts out of 2 billion ...

In January 2024, Russian hackers broke into Microsoft's systems by slipping past what many believed was an ironclad security setup. The attack proved that even with multiple layers of protection, ...

Active Directory account lockouts happen when too many failed login attempts trigger security limits. Common causes include outdated cached credentials, expired service account passwords, mobile ...

“2.5 billion Gmail users should change passwords,” the headlines warn, saying Google has issued an emergency alert to all its users. Not so fast, however. While Google and Gmail are often targeted by ...

It’s been a bad year for password managers. First, Microsoft announced earlier this summer that its popular Microsoft Authenticator app would be discontinuing its password manager feature and would ...

Enterprise passwords are becoming easier to steal and increasingly difficult to stop being abused once they leak. According to the Picus Security’s latest annual Blue Report, based on more than 160 ...

If you're a Microsoft Authenticator user, you may notice that the Passwords section is missing one of its core functions. True to its word from earlier this month, Microsoft has removed the password ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Compiled jointly by NordPass and NordStellar, the 200 most ...

Passwords have been ubiquitous to online activity since the invention of the internet, but experts told Newsweek that may not be true for much longer. Developments in artificial intelligence and new ...