HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Carmen Fuentes sat down with Karen Reeves, the President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau, to find out ways you can keep your information safe by following these easy ...

Apps and websites have a bunch of rules to make your passwords safer - lots of characters, special symbols and frequent resets. But a federal tech agency is saying some requirements do more harm than ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released updated password guidelines that might surprise you in that they’ve made the dark art of keeping yourself secure slightly ...

STRONG PASSWORDS. SO WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT IT’S WORTH REPEATING. STRONG PASSWORDS ARE ABSOLUTELY THE KEY TO PERSONAL ONLINE SECURITY. I’VE TALKED TO MANY HACKING VICTIMS OVER THE YEARS, ...

Common passwords like "123456" and "password" are easily guessed by hackers. Strong passwords should be 12-16 characters long, mixing upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. Unique ...

Passwords are both the bane and the backbone of your online life. Facial recognition and fingerprint scanners have brought us closer to a passwordless future, but we’re not there yet. Most websites ...

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 ...

Our online passwords are the gatekeepers to our most sensitive, valuable information ― and yet so many of us choose weak options that are easily breached. (Sorry to tell you, but it’s time to retire ...

Organizations invest time and money into staying safe from cyber threats, so it's critical they can measure how well their cybersecurity investments are paying off. Take password policies. Every ...

Security pundits have long called for the banishment of passwords, but the fact is they aren’t going anywhere, anytime soon. In fact, 88% of organizations still use passwords as their main form of ...

Whenever an Apple device generates a strong password for you, the structure of those secure passwords isn’t entirely random. Instead, Apple created rules specifically designed to make them easier to ...