Hack of the day: Cybercriminals rarely guess passwords manually. Instead, they use automated tools that can test millions of password combinations in seconds. Short passwords, predictable words, names ...

Dashlane, a leading password manager, has revealed that a hacker exploited a security gap in the service’s online login system to steal encrypted vaults from fewer than 20 users. The theft occurred on ...

As phishing lures go, asking a potential victim of a password hacking attack if they are dead would seem, at least on the surface, to be rather more ridiculous than most. However, the devil is always ...

Gmail users told they have 7 days to respond to password hack attacks. Update, May 3, 2025: This story, originally published May 1, has been updated with a new report regarding the use of passkeys in ...