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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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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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The top 25 worst passwords of 2018 based on 5 million leaked passwords on the internet

1. 123456 (Rank unchanged from last year) 2. password (Unchanged) 3. 123456789 (…

Antonio Villas-Boas   


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How to change your Wi-Fi password and improve the security of your internet network

You can change your Wi-Fi password by accessing your router's configuration page through your brows…

Jennifer Still   


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Here Are The 25 Worst Passwords You Can Use

Spiderlab reported that "there were more terrible passwords than excellent ones, more bad passwords…

Michael Kelley   


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The biggest password flubs of 2019, from Facebook's stolen hard drives to Lisa Kudrow's Instagram

Multibillion-dollar tech giants like Facebook, Google, and WeWork made the list for security breach…

Aaron Holmes   


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How to unlock an iPhone you've forgotten the password to, even if it's disabled

Instead, you need to reset the iPhone to its factory settings and then restore your apps and data f…

Dave Johnson   


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Make Sure You Aren't Using One Of The 'Worst Passwords Of 2013'

Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters. But even passwords with c…

Kyle Russell   


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'Red-Haired Women Tend To Choose The Best Passwords And Men With Bushy Beards Or Unkempt Hair, The Worst'

Those slides reference this archive of password research, but it is not clear which study in the ar…

Jim Edwards   


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Hackers stole almost 70 million customer passwords from Dropbox after an employee reused a password

So does this mean that if you had a Dropbox account in 2012, hackers now have your password? It's u…

Rob Price   


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17 of the weakest passwords used on Ashley Madison

Avast looked at the first million passwords in the Ashley Madison database to determine which ones …

Maya Kosoff   


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The DNC used incredibly weak passwords like 'obamain08'

If the organization was using a password like "obamain08," it would have good company among some of…

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Did You Think ‘Gaming’ Was Safe? Hackers Can Get You Any Day…

The Big Brothers are going to hack you lock, stock and barrel, even when you are on the right side …

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Are You Suffering From Lazy Password Syndrome? Here Are 7 Ways To Fight It

Technology is meant to make life easier for us, protect our data and ensure the privacy of personal…

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I can't remember any of my passwords and that's perfectly fine

The two main apps most people use are 1Password and LastPass, which operate in similar ways. These …

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If your password was affected by the LinkedIn hack, here's what you should change it to

As Muhl explained, John works off dictionary lists - massive text files you can find on any number …

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This is the worst part of the new Apple TV

Thankfully, there's an alternative to the Siri remote: You can use your iPhone's Remote app to cont…

Dave Smith   


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If Your Password Is On This List, You Should Change It Immediately

To keep your passwords secure, you definitely shouldn't use any of the phrases on SplashData's list…

Maya Kosoff   


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This website shows how long it would take for a hacker to break your password

The amount of characters used often makes a password stronger. An infographic on the site shows hav…

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Be prepared for the worst cyber attacks in 2016: Symantec

There is no magic-bullet technology that will guarantee immunity from Internet crime or determined,…