Some Web sites only allow alphanumeric characters (letters and numbers) in their passwords. This invites bad passwords, lowering security for everyone. Jonathan Eunice, co-founder and principal IT ...

NIST now recommends using long passphrases instead of complicated alphanumeric passwords, and only refreshing them if they've been breached. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, ...

Look, if you were to ask me about using smiley faces as passwords in 2025 I would, quite frankly, say you were suffering from some kind of security breakdown. I mean, if you don’t want to use a ...

Have we finally cracked the code on password security? A recent update to password best practices from the National Institute of Standards and Technology revealed that longer login credentials indeed ...

There’s no technical reason why a competently-programmed website can’t handle passwords of any length, containing virtually any combination of characters, however squiggly. But that’s not the case on ...

Today is the World Password Day! Well, you read it right. The first Thursday of May is considered the World Password Day. As identity theft, hacking, and other phishing attacks are getting common, ...

Everyone knows that creating complex, alphanumeric passwords, let alone remembering them, is pretty much the worst. Our lackluster password skills have spawned an entire password manager business. Now ...