It’s suggested we use 14-character passwords with numbers, letters, and symbols, and we change this password every 90 days. It’s also suggested this isn’t very secure. I like big numbers, and a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 20, 2025: This story, originally published May 19, ...

If you have an Apple or an Android phone—and you probably do—you have the option of locking your phone using a PIN code. With most of these phones, you can choose a four-digit PIN or a six-digit PIN.

ATM PIN security tips: Choosing the wrong PIN can put your money at risk. Hackers often crack common PINs like 1234, 0000, or your date of birth. Learn which numbers to avoid and how to create a ...

The credit and debit-card security breach at Target (TGT) has grown into an even bigger headache for customers with the retailer's admission that encrypted personal identification numbers were stolen.

What's safer? Using a numeric PIN code to unlock your Android smartphone or relying on a finger squiggle? Newly-released research suggests that, at least when someone close by could be looking over ...

Researchers find that a smart bad guy has a one-in-10 chance of guessing the PIN that guards your bank account. I’ve always thought that losing one’s ATM card was an inconvenience, but not a likely ...

Letters have been the most ancient mode of communication for major parts of India, Egypt, Sumer, Rome, Greece and China. But have you ever thought how these confession papers reach the right location ...

Tomorrow is the deadline that Visa and MasterCard have set for banks and retailers across the US to roll out a new system for more secure bank cards with microchips embedded in them. Over the last few ...

There's nothing particularly difficult about cracking a smartphone's four-digit PIN code. All it takes is a pair of thumbs and enough persistence to try all 10,000 combinations. But hackers hoping to ...

Secure instant messaging app Signal launched this week a new feature called "Signal PINs" which the company says will help users migrate account data between devices. Signal says that in the long run, ...

SIDDIQUI, WDSU NEWS. WELL, IF YOU USE AN EBT CARD, LISTEN UP. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES IS URGING YOU TO CHANGE YOUR PIN NUMBER IMMEDIATELY. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS IS DUE TO THE ...