Connected-car accounts at two automakers were exposed by default admin credentials and hard-coded passwords, letting researchers unlock doors remotely.

One of the easiest ways of improving security and privacy when using the Internet, and computers in general, is to use strong ...

Setting up a password manager takes minutes—and means never having to hit "Forgot Password" again. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps, and ad ...

You probably have more passwords than you realize. Banking, email, shopping accounts and streaming services can add up quickly. The bigger problem comes when one of ...

Gopass is a free, open-source password manager that stores credentials in an encrypted store and runs from the command line. Its maintainers built it as a drop-in replacement for pass, the standard ...

Android is making it easier and safer to move passwords and passkeys between supported password managers. The new system removes the need to export your password vault as a potentially unencrypted ...

AI-generated passwords are long, complex, and impossible to memorize. They're also built on repetitive character sequences that hackers can guess in seconds. I review privacy tools like hardware ...

Unwise design choices from a specialty password manager allowed any malicious website to obtain complete, persistent access to customers' vaults. "Passportal" is a credential management product from N ...

You’ll sacrifice some nice-to-have features by going with a free password manager, but Bitwarden doesn’t skimp on the ones that matter. A high-quality free ...

Everyone should use a password manager, but not everyone necessarily needs to pay for a premium password manager subscription. But occasionally a service will have the right mix of useful features and ...

Rich Hein is a veteran technology journalist with more than two decades covering developer, consumer and enterprise topics. Rich's career has been dedicated to service journalism, connecting readers ...

We are often told how important it is to use a password manager to keep our online presence safely protected, and considering how much we store in our virtual accounts, it’s sensible advice. After all ...