It's strange when you think about it. We password protect our laptop and obsess about keeping it secure, but many people barely give a passing thought to securing their phone. I don't want to paint ...

Having an unlocked iPhone–without so much as a four-digit barrier between you and some subway snatcher–is asking for trouble. Four-digit passcodes or PINs were the only way to secure the earliest ...

NIST now recommends using long passphrases instead of complicated alphanumeric passwords, and only refreshing them if they've been breached. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, ...

Love it or hate it, Windows 8 is the bellwether for PCs. Where Microsoft goes, PCs follow. And now Microsoft is making a grab for the mobile market, too. The latest version of Windows is designed with ...

Everyone needs a password manager. It's the only way to maintain unique, hard-to-guess credentials for every secure site you and your team access daily. Read now Humans are optimized for image and ...

Thanks to reporting by Forbes writer Thomas Fox-Brewster, it now looks like the U.S. government has been able to access the data on every model of iPhone in existence since at least November of 2017.

Biometrics are all the rage. Smartphone companies are replacing traditional passwords with fingerprint scanners, face scanners, iris scanners, and just about every other type of body scanner ...

Need a stronger password? Experts say to use emojis. On a computer, it turns out that emoticons are considered a symbol, which can beef up your passwords and make them more secure in combination with ...

It can be very convenient to log into the Wi-Fi network easily via password sharing when visiting a new location or a family or friend's house. Instead of having to dig around for the password or ...

As more people make use of account-based services, password security has become more important than ever. Unfortunately, that also means that bad actors have ramped up their phishing efforts ...