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Top 10 most 'hacked' passwords: '123456,' 'ninja' It's no coincidence that the most frequently stolen passwords also happen to be the most commonly used. Avoid these at all costs.
With cyberattacks resulting in hundreds of millions of leaked records and over $1 billion stolen in 2015, you might think people are starting to get wise about online security. And you would be ...
A new study finds users often pick passwords that are easy-to-remember, and even easier to hack. Here are the most common passwords--and how we can all do better.
In the 'Worst Password Worst 100' published by security company SplashData, the password '123456' is selected as the 'most used worst password' every year. Although this type of password has the ...
Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson cites a new report that says many people still use weak passwords like "123456," risking their accounts.
NordPass, a cybersecurity firm based in Panama City, has released its annual report, finding that despite decades of security advise, people are still using easy to guess passwords.
The world's most popular password is the disappointingly easy-to-guess 123456, according to a massive analysis of 10 million leaked passwords. Throughout 2016, we saw numerous major data breaches ...
Adobe’s security breach laid bare 38 million passwords to the world - and a security researcher claims that 1.9 million of these are the simple “123456”. Half a million craftier customers ...
In spite of everything—the leaks, the breaches, the myriad privacy risks—a large majority of people are still using “password” and “123456” as their password. Folks, it’s long past ...
A security researcher has poured through file dumps of leaked Adobe password info, and surprise! Millions of people use utterly atrocious passwords.
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald's chatbot job application platform, that exposed the chats of more than 64 million job applications across the United States.
The most common passwords list for the year is out. “password” and “123456” topped the list. They’re also the worst passwords you could have.