Researchers analysed data leaked in various data breaches to bring this study forward. Passwords ‘12345,’ ‘123456,’ and ‘123456789’ were the most common passwords, followed by ‘test1’ and, of course the password ‘password’. A bunch of independent anonymous researchers composed a list of 200 most popular passwords that were leaked in data breaches during 2019 and shared it with security firm NordPass. What Researchers Found? NordPass collected and...
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Hackers don't typically tell their victims that they've been hacked. Most of the time, when hackers gain entry to computers to do their dirty work, they don't want anyone to know. That way, they can come back another time to see what else they can do or find. Because of that, you might not know if your computer has already been hacked. But there are a...
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It's easy to get hacked. And yes, it can happen to you. Follow this advice from actual hackers, and you'll be a lot safer online. 1. Turn off your phone's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Hackers are religious about this. Keeping these features "on" all the time makes it easy for strangers to slip into your phone. The problem? If you keep Wi-Fi and Bluetooth active, hackers can see...
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