Passwords

Rather than question the order, the worker opted to "comply with the directive" and sparked chaos in the process.

Customers who share their password with others will soon be made to pay a little extra each month.

In a 2017 Twitter thread that was promoting its original series "Love," Netflix wrote, "Love is sharing a password."

How are you supposed to use strong, unique passwords on all the websites you use? The easy solution is a password manager from Keeper Security.

The dark web has over 15 billion stolen passwords floating around, many of which are for sale. Here's how to keep yourself protected.

If your password is only four or five characters (regardless of whether they are just numbers or a combination of numbers, letters and symbols), there's a very high chance that it will be hacked instantly.

The company said the investigation was still underway, but most affected users should have access to their Twitter accounts now.

Follow these simple steps to make sure your personal data and online activity are as secure as possible.

Forget about all those special characters and the cute personal cues you think only you can figure out. If you really want to keep fraudsters at bay, do this instead.

"Today law enforcement has access to more data than ever before in history, so Americans do not have to choose between weakening encryption and solving investigations," Apple said.

"Two-factor authentication is more than needed," a security researcher told Newsweek. "People have to understand that they will not have any privacy with this kind of product."

Netflix recently announced that they intend to limit password sharing, as it costs the streaming platform an estimated $135 million each month.

It's time to clean up your cyber-hygiene

A 50-page report from the GAO suggested digital protections were "insufficient" and warned government officials had a "false sense of confidence."

Hackers could infiltrate a home's Wi-Fi and steal information from computers, researchers claim, but not everyone is convinced it's an issue.

A database of 1.4 billion user passwords compiled from 252 data breaches is suspected to be the largest ever.

Malicious iPhone apps can steal users's personal information through fake login pop-ups.

Popular font sharing site DaFont.com was hacked, exposing 700,000 usernames and passwords. More than 98 percent of the passwords have been cracked.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is no longer recommending people regularly change their passwords and is now advocating for passphrases.

The brain prefers short, predictable sequences—exactly the opposite of a good password.

LCD TVs and wired chargers are just a few of the items that likely will be gone in coming years.

Add "n9y25ah7" to the list of passwords you should never use.

Details of up to 412 million people have been exposed following hack of "sex hookup" site Adult Friend Finder.

The future of security moves away from passwords stored on external servers to password-less logins using two-factor authentication.

Telephone and online banking customers will be able to use their accounts using only their voice.

Twitter suspends accounts in response to user account details appearing on the dark web.

This is Yahoo's second big move to eliminate memorized passwords.

Instead of random numbers, the passwords of the future will rely on our knack for remembering faces

Facial recognition technology could put an end to pesky passwords