The recent breach of 23andMe user accounts shows a simple yet powerful truth about data security: Don’t reuse passwords, people. The DNA test-kit company on Monday reported a hacker accessed 14,000 ...

You’re checking your inbox or scrolling through your phone when something catches your attention. It’s a message about a password reset, but you never asked for ...

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Can one little digit change your luck when it comes to being hacked? Yes, according to researchers at ProxyScrape. That team has determined that simply adding the number 7 to your password, the time ...

More than 184 million passwords may have been exposed in a massive data breach that experts are calling a “cybercriminal’s dream.” According to a new report by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler ...

Gawker Media said Monday that a hacking group broke into its servers over the weekend, stealing an estimated 1.3 million user names and passwords for more than 200,000 registered users in a brute ...

LastPass is warning of a malicious campaign targeting its users with the CryptoChameleon phishing kit that is associated with cryptocurrency theft. CryptoChameleon is an advanced phishing kit that was ...

Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware. The attacks are part ...

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The anime streaming service Crunchyroll was reportedly hacked on Thursday. Details on the hack surfaced when an anonymous individual claimed to possess user information and posted a list of login ...

In jailhouse visit, alleged hacker reveals password to SF mayor Gavin Newsom. July 23, 2008— -- After a weeklong standoff with a city employee accused of hacking into San Francisco's government ...