"Admin" was the most-commonly used password in the U.S. between September 2024 and September 2025, NordPass found.

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 ...

Passwords — we all use them, and I think we can agree they are a pain in the neck. VPN company NordPass, in conjunction with NordStellar, has published its sixth annual list of the Top 200 Most Common ...

How do so many people get hacked? Apparently, many of them don't give much thought to choosing their passwords, both for ...

In the digital age, the number of passwords you need to remember is only increasing and even though we are told each one needs to be different, it is more easily said than done. Not only are we told ...

Am I late to learn about this trend among the younger crowd? As a sign of trust, they're exchanging computer passwords. Passwords for laptops, for logins, for online access, etc. What could possibly ...

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 ...