A Cybernews study analyzing 19 billion leaked passwords from recent data breaches reveals a concerning trend: 94% are reused ...

The most common passwords remain easily guessable, such as a string of numbers in order or characters from popular films.

Your passwords aren't just hanging about on a server waiting to be stolen—there's a whole process that goes on behind the scenes to keep them safe. Just make sure they aren't common—or they'll take ...

123456 isn't the best password choice Nordpass said it takes hackers less than a second to crack many of the top 20 most common passwords -- including "password," "qwerty123 " and "iloveyou." ...

‘Simple, predictable default’ passwords like, well, ‘Password’ were among the most common passwords the Cybernews team encountered. ‘Attackers, too, prioritise them, making these ...

A whopping 94% of passwords were reused or duplicated, and among the more than 19 billion passwords examined, only 1 billion, or 6%, were considered unique and therefore relatively secure.

Researchers with Cybernews found that most people (42 percent) use passwords that are eight to 10 characters in length, and that close to a third of ...