This year’s list of the worst passwords of 2020 shows it’s the usual suspects making up the list, including the ever-popular “123456.”
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“Dragon” among the 25 worst passwords of 2019
Password manager creator SplashData has released its list of the top 25 worst passwords of 2019, based on information gathered from data breaches. Often, a
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“Donald” among the 25 worst passwords of 2018
Password management firm SplashData has published its annual list of the year’s worst passwords. According to Lifehacker, the passwords are based on 5 million leaked
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The NIST’s updated password advice: use passphrases
For years, password creation advice has consisted of variations on “use a mix of lower case letters, upper case letters, numbers, and special characters.” There’s
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Tips to improve personal online security
Online security for Internet users has come up a lot in recent weeks. Some of this stems from recent regressive or authoritarian political changes in
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What’re the advantages of two-factor authentication?
Two-factor authentication (2FA for short) has gained traction in recent years. This is thanks to an increased focus on online security, plus a response to
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Yahoo reports a security breach; it’s password-changing time
Yet another security breach has happened, and this time, the victim’s Yahoo. Yahoo’s reported that a security breach has led to a whopping 500 million
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Dropbox, Last.fm both report it’s password reset time
This week has seen not one, but two password security concerns come up. Both of these concerns, however, regard long overdue news updates about two
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“Star Wars” among the 25 worst passwords of 2015
Everyone loves “Star Wars.” Unfortunately, everyone also loves short passwords. Hence, several “Star Wars” related entries have made the list of the worst passwords of
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LastPass reports a security breach, time to change your master password
Popular cloud-based password management service LastPass has reported a breach of its servers, with some information stolen. While it’s not the (encrypted) user data (i.e.,
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