It's been more than two years since Equifax disclosed a data breach that exposed the details of nearly 150 million Americans, and it still ranks as one of the worst security screw-ups of all time.

As phishing lures go, asking a potential victim of a password hacking attack if they are dead would seem, at least on the surface, to be rather more ridiculous than most. However, the devil is always ...

Several DSL routers from different manufacturers contain a guessable hard-coded password that allows accessing the devices with a hidden administrator account. According to an alert issued Tuesday by ...