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Microsoft Finds Password Security Problem Affecting 44 Million Users

Microsoft’s threat research team has found more than 44 million user accounts with a rather serious, and common, password problem

Security researchers trawled the Dark Web and found nearly 20 plaintext million passwords. These were the 32 most commonly used.

Research reveals that 68 percent of IT security stakeholders don’t know if they’ve experienced a Pass the Hash (PtH) attack

As we enter National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Google has confirmed a password security update. Here’s what you need to know.

Passwords such as admin, p@ssw0rd, or 12345 are familiar and insecure. The most common, least secure, is none of these.

An exclusive look at new biometric security technology that promises to revolutionize user authentication with a wave of the hand

A prolific hacker confirmed how he could take over any Instagram account in ten minutes using this new attack methodology

In what would be an unlikely cybercrime first, NASA investigates if an astronaut hacked a bank account while in space