Worst Popular Passwords Include ‘Eminem,’ ‘12345’ Nick Kolakowski, April 29, 2019 2 min read It’s 2019, and yet millions of people around the world are still relying on unsafe (but easy to remember) passwords...
This Year’s Worst Passwords Show You Love Simplicity Too Much Nick Kolakowski, December 14, 2018 2 min read For the eighth time, SplashData has released its annual list of the Worst Passwords of the Year. The list features some...
The Most Popular Bad Passwords of 2017 Nate Swanner, December 19, 2017 2 min read Weak passwords hurt us all Every year, we are inundated with a series of hacks that remind us of the importance of...
Mark Zuckerberg Shows Need for Strong Passwords Nick Kolakowski, June 6, 2016 3 min read You’d think that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would understand the wisdom of strong passwords. But over the...
NSA Leak: Snowden Stole All-Access Password Kevin Fogarty, February 17, 2014 5 min read Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and current fugitive/whistleblower Edward Snowden may have scammed a...
Passwords You Should Never Use Nick Kolakowski, January 22, 2014 2 min read Earlier this week, SplashData released its annual list of the 25 most common passwords used on the Internet—and...
Telepathwords Makes Passwords Hard to Guess Kevin Fogarty, December 6, 2013 4 min read New tool knows what makes passwords crackable and helps avoid them Microsoft has posted a free online tool designed...
Google Exec, Others Advise Tight Web Security After Writer Hack Nick Kolakowski, August 13, 2012 4 min read Earlier in August, a cyber-attack on Wired writer Mat Honan’s digital life attracted a good deal of media...