Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks. Out of more ...

After sifting through more than 1.8 million pages identified as admin portals, researchers made a disheartening discovery — 40,000 of them used "admin" as its password, making it the most popular ...

Windows finally includes a tool to manage local admin passwords, but admins will still need to do some work to make it useful. Image: Ivan/Adobe Stock. One of the best ways to defend your network is ...

Researchers at Rapid7 have looked at the security of admin passwords used to protect the two main protocols for remotely accessing corporate networks – and the results aren't great. The two protocols ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...

A total of 689 printer models from Brother, along with 53 other models from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta, come with a default administrator password that remote attackers can generate. Even ...

Several security flaws - including one that exposes your default admin passwords - are affecting over 700 printer models. There is no fix in sight. Many people don't think or care about it, but ...

The concept of needing to set a secure password has been hammered into our heads for so long, it barely warrants a mention. And while some of us definitely go out of our way to make some passwords ...

In the end, it's all a big guessing game. You create passwords to protect your systems; hackers try to guess the password you created. It's a game that's going on all ...