Passwords are meant to safeguard our most personal data, but what if the very thing keeping us safe is the easiest way in for hackers? According to a 2025 report, the most commonly used passwords in ...

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Most commonly used strategies by hackers to guess passwords. After my baby died, I saw 4 words on a standard form at the ...

Passwords are the first line of defense in protecting access to the finances, credit information, and identities of our businesses and personal lives. But collectively, most Americans do a pretty ...

With the holiday season just around the corner, cybercriminals are ramping up their efforts to hack everything from bank accounts to social media profiles. One of the easiest ways they gain access to ...

Your password may be easier to hack than you realize. New data has revealed the most vulnerable and commonly used passwords that can be easily hacked. According to ...

Protecting information on the Internet can be a near-impossible task, but choosing a good password is a big portion of that. However, at least according to Mashable, a lot of Internet users still ...

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Los Gatos-based SplashData is out with its new list of the worst passwords and, yes, they're just as bad as you may think. The company analyzed the 3 million passwords leaked ...

A new study has revealed America’s most common passwords and the results make for concerning reading. It’s more important now than ever before for web users to protect personal information online with ...

These are just a few of the “really bad” most commonly used passwords, according to the password management service NordPass. NordPass released a list of the 200 most common passwords people use.