For the 5th year in a row, "123456" is most used password, with "password" coming in at second place. Even in the wake of a constant stream of data breaches, hacks, and ransomware attack reports ...

Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai. Until last week, the platform that runs ...

According to a recent study by NordPass, a business password management company, of all the industries out there, construction is the worst at keeping hard-to-crack passwords. NordPass' study shows ...

Facepalm: Unfortunately but not surprising, people in general tend to be careless when it comes to computer security, especially regarding passwords. Pin it on laziness, difficulty remembering complex ...

A University of Michigan-Dearborn professor has a theory about why so many computer passwords are so bad. “Humans,” explains Hafiz Malik, “generally are lazy people.” Well, yes. And they apparently ...

Facepalm: Almost anyone who applied to work at McDonald's earlier this year may have exposed their name, phone number, email address, physical address, and other personal information. Security ...

One of the basics of computer security is to pick passwords that are tough for hackers to break, yet computer users continue to rely on easily guessed terms like "123456." One notable entrant joins ...

The team at Keeper, a password manager application, has compiled a list of 2016's most commonly used passwords, and yet again people have chosen the simplistic "123456" as their favorite password in ...