Cybersecurity experts recommend that every password you create be long, complex and unique. So between online bank and investment accounts, credit card accounts, email accounts and other types of ...

An Internet-Draft for the Balloon Key Derivation Function (BKDF), a memory-hard password hashing and password-based key derivation function.

For example, NIST password recommendations are now prioritizing password length over complexity. Hashing, however, remains a non-negotiable. Even long secure passphrases should be hashed to prevent ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals ...

PCMag has been evaluating online privacy tools for more than 30 years. We test and analyze dozens of password managers, rating them primarily based on ease of adoption, security features ...

23, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 21, has now been updated with details from a new report revealing how some stolen passwords belonging to cybersecurity vendors are being sold for $ ...

22, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 20, now has a new analysis of passkey adoption as well as further detail on the hacked password list, including an analysis of the five passwords ...