To stay safe, the first thing to do is visit Have I Been Pwned and enter your email address. You’ll then be shown how many ...

Google is urging all Gmail users to be alert and check if their passwords have been leaked in recent data breaches.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Other commonly used passwords on the list—like "family," "matthew," or "Indya123” —can be cracked in less than 20 minutes. The findings are a reminder to use complex passwords for your logins and ...

Change your password. Don't give me that, "Oh, I'll do it later," malarkey. Update your most important accounts now—and please, for the love of all of your files in the cloud, don't change it to ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Password managers remain vital to your security.Linux has plenty of available options.These tools are ...