internet and privacy Why your eight-character email password is not safe anymore By leveraging today’s computing power, a password can be guessed in as little as 12 minutes.

The baht character is visually distinctive and easy to remember, and of course one does not need to know what it represents to use it in a password. Using even just one such non-ASCII character in ...

In short, the system teaches the password to a part of your brain that you cannot physically access -- but it is still there in your subconscious, just waiting to be tapped.

Password managers are tools that securely store and manage your passwords. Discover how they protect your accounts and simplify the login process.

“Password must include upper and lowercase letters, and at least one numeric character.” A common scold dished out by websites or software when you open an account or change a password—and ...

LastPass will finally enforce a 12-character minimum master password An overdue safety upgrade after a major security meltdown.

In case it’s not perfectly clear, having your email address and password compromised isn’t exactly ideal. When the scope of those credentials is one website, it’s an inconvenience.

Security experts at UKFast say they were able to crack a six-character password in 12 seconds, a seven-character password in less than five minutes, and an eight-character password in four hours.