Everyone needs a password manager. If you're willing to pay a monthly or annual fee, these options are worth it. Read now In one of the biggest password re-use studies of its kind, an analysis of more ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Despite repeated warnings from online security experts advising against the use of easy-to-crack passwords, it seems some many folks still can’t be bothered to think up a more complex string of ...

If you are using “123456” as your password it is past time to stop. Same if you are using the always popular “Password” to protect your account. Those easy-to-hack passwords were the top and fourth ...

When it comes to using passwords in this increasingly digital world, are people simply too lazy to use strong ones and consistently change them, or is it that generating a strong password is a very ...

At least 600,000 GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese company are using the same default password of "123456," security researchers from Czech cyber-security firm Avast disclosed today. They say ...

The year 2014, in many respects, was all about digital security. It wasn’t just tech pundits or early adopters who were victimized – Snapchat, Target, and Sony Entertainment all showed us that no one ...

The trackers, advertised for children and the elderly, are being used in the US, Europe and elsewhere. And they've got some serious security issues. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was ...

For the second year in a row, "123456" remained the top password among the millions of cleartext passwords exposed online thanks to data breach incidents at various providers. While having "123456" as ...