Dave Lieber I was confused. Kept seeing mention of a security “key” offered on some of my favorite websites—Microsoft, Google, YouTube and Facebook, to name a few. I wasn’t sure if I should use it.

An eight-character-long password made of numbers can be cracked instantly, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. Every year, the company releases its password table, which displays the time needed to ...

Google has warned Gmail users to update their passwords and strengthen their account security as password hackers have carried out a significant amount of “successful intrusions.” It is advising Gmail ...

I hope you’re employing good password practices by making them at least 12 characters long, with upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and special characters. And by not using the same password for ...

I have bad news for everyone with weak passwords. A hacker can guess your laziest random passwords in the same amount of time it takes to watch a movie. It turns out when you put the most brutally ...