Cybersecurity experts have revealed the logic behind their advice to use three random words when creating passwords. In a new blog post, experts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which is ...

Mozilla is adding a random password generator to Firefox. Google added one to Chrome and Chromium-based browsers in the fall of 2018, with the release of Chrome/Chromium v69. The Firefox random ...

Bad passwords are easy to remember, but also easy to guess -- and that can give an attacker access to your online accounts. That's why the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has explained why ...

One of the simplest ways for a hacker to gain control of your online accounts is by getting hold of your password. Sometimes, they do this through brute force attacks — automatically checking millions ...

Even if your bank forces you to use a weak form of 2FA, you can boost your security with your mobile carrier. SIM swapping ...

A significant portion of cyber breaches begin with one simple issue: weak passwords. With modern cracking tools capable of testing billions of combinations per second, many passwords that users ...

That xkcd comic has the right idea, but IMO a password of 30 or more random characters is better than a passphrase of shorter length (such as "correct battery horse staple"). With a password manager, ...

Type "what's the best way to remember passwords?" into Google, and you'll get shy of 2 billion answers. No wonder 59% of people are doing it wrong. I currently have 239 long, random and complex ...