Coming up with new passwords can be annoying, albeit important, and the exact combination of the number of characters and symbols used could determine how fast a computer can crack a password.

Hackers can crack weak passwords in seconds, while strong ones may take years. Learn about the time to crack your password and boost security.

Fortunately, there are simple ways to make passwords both hard-to-guess and easy-to-remember. Unfortunately, the technology industry sometimes gets in the way of using them. Here’s a rundown of ...

The password is a scourge of the modern world. It is required for everything from using a laptop to dealing with the bank or buying items online. We seek advice on how to create codes that ...

A team of hackers has managed to crack more than 14,800 passwords - from a list of 16,449 - as part of a hacking experiment for tech website Ars Technica.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — How safe is your password? How long would it take a computer to crack it and get all your information? Check out this graphic from Statista. It shows the number of characters ...

You can make sure that everyone who uses a shared Windows PC at your home or business creates a password that can't easily be cracked.

Knowing, as you might, how easy it is to crack a WEP password, you probably secure your network using the more bulletproof WPA security protocol.