Cybersecurity research shows weak passwords remain a major threat, with simple patterns and number sequences putting millions of accounts at risk.

Britons have stopped relying on "password" to secure their online accounts, new research has revealed. But don't celebrate just yet — this notoriously weak password has been replaced by a ...

The top easy-to-crack, football-inspired password in a database of 1 billion unique, clear-text, breached passwords? You probably guessed it: “Football.” The European soccer championship (a.k.a. the ...

One of the most successful forms of password breaches occurs when hackers simply guess commonly used passwords. And while organizations often invest in advanced security measures, they sometimes ...

Mary Lynn Reed currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). IDA is a nonprofit corporation that operates three Federally Funded Research and Development ...