Once again, it reins supreme as the #1 smelliest old fish of a password on the list of ones that most frequently turn up in data breaches.
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Once again, it’s 123456: the password that says ‘I give up’
A new survey says 46% of users find security confusing, which helps explain how that old clunker keeps popping to the top of breach lists.
Worst passwords list is out, but this time we’re not scolding users
This is on you, makers of sites and services that allow users to create passwords like “password.” You can do better!
Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, et al. targeted in latest naked celebrity photo leak
Early on Saturday morning, Celebgate flooded the same sites as it did three weeks ago – 4Chan and Reddit, among others – as cyber crooks again posted nude celebrity photos, despite the scuffle of threatened lawsuits and attention from the FBI.
Which of your favourite websites are terrible at passwords?
The answer: most of them! In fact, the password policies of 86% of the most popular sites out there don’t even qualify as adequate, according to a security roundup done quarterly by password management firm Dashlane. 