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A new report from Nordpass identifies the most commonly used personal and corporate passwords, and they're not that hard to ...

In January 2024, Russian hackers broke into Microsoft's systems by slipping past what many believed was an ironclad security setup. The attack proved that even with multiple layers of protection, ...

NordPass's list of the top 200 most common passwords highlights cause for serious concern when it comes to online security.

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I read your “It’s Geek to Me” about lazily using passwords. (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #951, Oct 12, 2025 and ...