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My husband and I share phone and social media passwords. It makes me feel secure in our relationship.
Cynthia Loya and her husband have the password to each other's phone and social media accounts. She…
Cailey Griffin
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Nearly 216,000 job seekers had their personal data left unsecured on a tech recruiter's database, a security researcher says
A tech recruiting firm left a database unsecured that exposed emails, passport numbers and partial …
Lloyd Lee,Katherine Tangalaki…
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Redditor finds Aadhaar, PAN and passports of many Indians freely available on Google; raises concerns over data security
A simple search query like "index of Aadhaar card" will reveal sensitive pages that should have be…
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Rise of dark AI: Malicious LLMs like FraudGPT, WormGPT the new frontier of online threats! How can we stay safe?
These uncensored versions of everyday AI systems like ChatGPT are re-engineered for criminal activi…
PTI
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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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A surging number of crypto owners are trying to recover forgotten wallet passwords so they can cash in after huge token rallies
About 20% of bitcoin could be lost in locked wallets, according to Reuters. Crypto owners are tryin…
Filip De Mott
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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…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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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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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…
Jordan Hart
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Hackers from China and Russia are finding cracks in Microsoft's security
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive this week urg…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Pro-Russia hackers are breaking into critical American and European infrastructure, security agencies warn
Pro-Russia hackers are targeting vulnerable infrastructure systems in the US and Europe, warns an a…
Ella Sherman
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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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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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AI chatbots are cracking the code: How PassGAN can break into 51% of common passwords in under a minute
Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing the next big change to the world, and AI chatbots like Cha…
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Password authenticator Okta says hackers stole names and email addresses of all its customer support users
The password authenticator said affected users may be subject to phishing or social engineering att…
Jyoti Mann
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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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Crypto firm Nansen issues data breach alert, asks users to reset password
Crypto analytics platform Nansen has issued a data breach alert, revealing that a hacker gained acc…
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A major AT&T data leak posted to the dark web included passcodes, Social Security numbers
AT&T said the data belonging to millions of its customers appears to be from 2019 or earlier.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Walmart says hackers took over some Spark drivers' accounts and had access to their Social Security numbers
Walmart said hackers had access to about 200 Spark gig worker accounts over the course of two month…
Alex Bitter
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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…