Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David John Marotta is a financial advisor covering financial planning. In 2022, LastPass disclosed a breach of the data in their ...

A simple eight-character password can be cracked in only 37 seconds using brute force but it takes over a century to crack a 16-character one. Updating your password to be longer and contain a mix of ...

Having to come up with a password that matches the symbol requirements for every site can be a hassle, but there’s good reason for it. Of course, the more your ...

You’re checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It’s a message about a password reset, but you never asked for ...

An eight-character-long password made of numbers can be cracked instantly, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. Every year, the company releases its password table, which displays the time needed to ...