Newly discovered PamStealer isn’t your typical macOS malware

Researchers have found a never-before-seen piece of macOS malware that combines a series of clever tradecraft to infect Macs with stealthy, custom-developed credential-stealing code. The malware is ...
techtimes

Fortinet FortiGate Credential Leak Hits 73,932 Firewalls: Half the Internet-Facing Fleet

A newly disclosed credential dataset dubbed FortiBleed exposes verified usernames and passwords for 73,932 FortiGate firewall URLs spanning 194 countries — roughly half of every internet-facing ...
MacRumors

Apple Passwords Can Now Automatically Fix Weak and Compromised Passwords With Agentic AI

Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user's behalf. The feature builds on ...
9to5Mac

iOS 27’s Passwords app can change your passwords for you, automatically

Today Apple unveiled major AI upgrades coming in iOS 27 and its other forthcoming software updates. One such AI feature involves the Apple Passwords app. Passwords launched two years ago as a ...
Bleeping Computer

New Apple feature automatically changes your compromised passwords

At WWDC 2026, Apple announced an Apple Intelligence-powered feature that can automatically fix weak and compromised passwords. Right now, Safari and the built-in Apple Passwords app can automatically ...
Hindustan Times

‘No security breach’: CBSE clarifies after Class 12 student claims ‘vulnerabilities’ in OSM portal

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday rubbished reports claiming major vulnerabilities with the agency's On Screen Marking (OSM). The reports were based on claims made by a ...
Lifehacker

10 Hacks Every Apple Passwords User Should Know

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
The New York Times

Tired of Hacked Passwords? Help Is on the Way.

Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to ...
TechSpot

Microsoft Edge stores all your saved passwords unencrypted in memory

WTF?! Microsoft advertises its password manager as having robust encryption on par with well-regarded third-party options. However, security researchers have discovered that the browser effectively ...
The New York Times

Passkeys Are the New Passwords. You Should Start Using Them Now.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security — including ...
New Scientist

The 3 things you need to know about passwords, from a security expert

Passwords occupy an odd place in our lives. They’re both a blessing – keeping our data and information safe from anyone intruding into our IT systems and accessing them – and a curse, in that they’re ...