Yes, the technology underlying passkeys is confusing. Here's a plain-English guide that can help you ditch passwords today.

NIS2 puts identity and access controls under the spotlight, with weak passwords and poor authentication now a compliance risk ...

An unsecured database exposed 4.3 billion LinkedIn-derived records, enabling large-scale phishing and identity-based attacks.

Password managers alleviate the pressure of creating strong, unique passwords for each account or service you sign up for. When a website asks you for the tenth time to make an account, you likely end ...

This is important because: Passkeys are part of the FIDO standard, a newer authentication method that replaces passwords with secure, device-bound cryptographic keys. Unlike passwords, passkeys can’t ...

Facepalm: It's almost 2026 and the world's population has never been so tech-savvy. When it comes to passwords, however, a lot of people are stuck in the 1990s. Another study examining the most common ...

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how to learn from the Louvre’s mistakes and improve your own security. I ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...

WhatsApp is adding a new way to access your encrypted backups with passkey support. This means if you lose your device, you can use methods like fingerprint, face, or the screen lock code of your ...

Chat backup encryption will no longer require you to memorize passwords or lengthy encryption keys. Chat backup encryption will no longer require you to ...

I no longer rely on my router’s DNS service after I started using Unbound on my home network. After setting up split-horizon DNS for internal subnets at home, I used public DNS servers for the ...