About 2,000 passwords belonging to hackers were leaked this week, revealing that “hackers use weak passwords just like the rest of us,” Antonín Hýža wrote on the Avast blog.

Researchers at Rapid7 have looked at the security of admin passwords used to protect the two main protocols for remotely accessing corporate networks – and the results aren't great. The two ...

Based on more than 6 million breached passwords, there are certain subjects and patterns you should avoid in your own passwords, says payment firm Dojo.

Change your password. Don't give me that, "Oh, I'll do it later," malarkey. Update your most important accounts now—and please, for the love of all of your files in the cloud, don't change it to ...

NordPass has released its annual list of the 200 most commonly used passwords. Don't use any of them.

Home Computing News If you use one of these passwords, hackers will love you By Judy Sanhz Published November 13, 2024 NordPass You would think that at this point, people would be using stronger ...

Analysis by security researchers at anti-virus firm Avast has revealed that hackers appear to be using weak passwords just like everyone else. Using a sample of nearly 40,000 passwords collected ...

With a database of 10 billion unique passwords, hackers will certainly have a field day running brute force and credential stuffing attacks against both individuals and organizations alike.