The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in ...

Extended spellcheck features in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers transmit form data, including personally identifiable information (PII) and in some cases, passwords, to Google and ...

Republished on August 25 with new attack reports and advice to users. Google has confirmed that hackers are gaining access to Gmail accounts, and that compromised passwords are behind a significant ...

As Microsoft confirms “it’s now time “to completely remove the password from your account,” millions of users are looking for guidance as to what to do next. The solution is simple. Now “the password ...

Streaming giant Plex is urging its customers to change their passwords after it disclosed a data breach of one of its user databases. The company said in a post on Monday that it was aware of a ...

For more than a decade, we’ve been promised that a world without passwords is just around the corner, and yet year after year, this security nirvana proves out of reach. Now, for the first time, a ...

More than half of consumers have had to reset their password at least once a month because they struggle to remember it, with just 6% describing this form of authentication as safe. Also: The best ...