Apps and websites have a bunch of rules to make your passwords safer - lots of characters, special symbols and frequent resets. But a federal tech agency is saying some requirements do more harm than ...

Readers continue to flood us with suggestions for creating and remembering strong passwords, as our challenge continues. However, at least one reader believes the conventional wisdom on passwords is ...

Does your company network or a frequently visited website force you to come up with a new password because it has declared your old one is past its expiration date? If you find that annoying, you’re ...

Near-identical password reuse bypasses security policies, enabling attackers to exploit predictable patterns using breached ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Picture this. You sign in for what ...

The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues users and organizations. But despite technological advances, passwords still guard ...

A new look at a database of more than 800 million known-breached passwords reveals that 83% of them met basic security standards set by five different standards agencies. Minimum password lengths ...

Research has shown that accounts protected by passwords less than 8 characters are about as hard to break into as a safe made out of toilet paper. The minimum password length should be between 12 and ...

Netflix had been dropping spoilers about new password-sharing measures for months. Then, earlier this year, a set of guidelines came out that went viral all about Netflix's password-sharing rules.

We still want your ideas for creating and remembering strong passwords, but at least one security consultant thinks it's the wrong approach. Here's why. Readers continue to flood us with suggestions ...