Choosing new and remembering old passwords is a frustration familiar to anyone with a computer, but password managers make ...

Google warns that “ defending against account takeovers” is getting harder, as hackers intensify their efforts to steal ...

Google warns Chrome users of rising “account takeovers” and urges stronger authentication to keep accounts and synced data ...

The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in ...

Hackers are coming for your Gmail password. Fact. But what if they already have it? Here’s what you need to do to find out.

The Pokémon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokémon’s official support website that said, ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

If you want to change another user’s password on a Windows 11/10 PC, here is how you can do it. There are multiple ways to reset or change other users’ passwords in Windows 11 using Command Prompt, ...

The Microsoft threat research team scanned all Microsoft user accounts and found that 44 million users were employing usernames and passwords that leaked online following security breaches at other ...

Passwords are never really 100 percent hack proof. — -- Some passwords are funny. Some are pretty weird. Some can be a math problem. Many can be laughably easy to hack (I give you ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday that millions of user account passwords had been stored insecurely, potentially allowing employees to gain access to people’s accounts without their knowledge ...