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From 'bigbasket' to 'googledummy', these are the most commonly used passwords in India

Passwords are becoming more and more important in this digital world and we have to remember severa…

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The most common passwords in India and how long it takes to crack them

In an increasingly digitised world, the importance of passwords has surged as a critical safeguard …

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It takes less than a second to crack these commonly-used passwords

Here are the most used passwords in India in 2022.

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The hack of 15,000 Roku accounts is a great reminder: Stop using the same password!

Using a unique password for all your online accounts, and having a password manager to keep track o…

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This is the year of the password-sharing crackdown

Disney+ is the latest streaming platform to put an end to password sharing, following Netflix and H…

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'Samsung' most commonly-used passwords in 2021: Study

Samsung, or rather "samsung" with a lowercase S, is one of the most commonly used passwords in at l…

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How a teenager used a spoof cell tower to steal personal information from thousands of people

Police in New Zealand say they caught a teen carrying out a massive "smishing" scam using a device …

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Passkeys may soon replace passwords - everything you need to know

If you are tired of remembering multiple different passwords, there is good news for you. Google is…

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India's most popular password is 'password', same as Japan

Other common passwords people use in India are "iloveyou", "krishna", "sairam" and "omsairam", a…

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A crypto data leak led the FBI to America's most wanted sex trafficking fugitive. Now, the victims want his bitcoins.

Michael Pratt was on the run for three years until a data leak involving crypto wallets he'd bought…

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The most hacked accounts use passwords like - Iloveyou, 12345 and princess

That doesn’t seem to prevent people from millions of people from using passwords such as “12345”…

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Companies from Google to Mastercard are close to killing off passwords forever

Tired of juggling hundreds of passwords? Major companies from Google to Mastercard are close to kil…

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Apple’s Safari is the world’s second-most-used and least vulnerable desktop web browser, yet only 1% of Indians use it

Google Chrome is a very popular browser, so much so that people choose to use it even if it's not a…

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Google is replacing passwords with passkeys for more security — here's how they're different

Instead of entering a password, users would simply verify their identity on a trusted device with a…

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India has jugaad businesses & startup ideas that bank on sharing passwords of Netflix, Prime Video and other OTTs

Interesting business ideas have cropped up around OTT password sharing in India. A verified source …

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123456: If this is your password, you could’ve password fatigue. It’s a serious problem.

Password fatigue at least moderately affected the lives of 87% of those surveyed by Beyond Identity…

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Making the case for a password-free world

Passwordless authentication refers to any form of secure access that does not rely on a static pass…

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Password attacks rise to 921 every second globally: Microsoft

From July 2021 to June 2022, the tech giant's digital defence teams blocked 34.7 billion identit…

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How to use Google's Password Checkup tool on an Android device to help keep your login passwords secure

You can use Google's Password Checkup on an Android to ensure the security of your passwords and de…

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