Normally, resetting your Facebook password is simply a matter of confirming your identity via email or answering a series of security questions. However, if you don't have access to the email ...

When you select a password, you might choose to store it in a password manager, write it down, or commit it to memory (see “How to remember passwords” for some advice). Sometimes, however, things go ...

Windows 11/10 just like any other OS offers you password or pin-protected accounts. This security measure makes sure that your files and account information are safe from others. Now, what if you ...

When security questions and password hints are required for your accounts, you might not be filling them out wisely. To best protect your account security, you shouldn’t be truthful in these fields.

An Apple ID is required to purchase media from the iTunes Store. Since debit cards, credit cards and bank accounts are often linked directly to an Apple ID account ...

This isn’t a post telling you that you should use a different password for every site, that you should use multifactor authentication for your email, or that you should use a password manager to store ...

The notion of using robust, random passwords has become all but mainstream---by now anyone with an inkling of security sense knows that "password1" and "1234567" aren't doing them any favors. But even ...

Choose to set up Windows 10 or 11 with a local account, and you're required to select three security questions to answer if you ever get locked out. Those questions include the typical ones, such as ...

Identity theft is on the minds of many Americans after hackers obtained the personal information of more than 145 million consumers in the Equifax data breach. By now, you've probably heard money ...

CBC News reports how Google researchers, led by Joseph Bonneau, examined public usage of “secret” security questions. These are used by nearly all websites online ...