Cybercriminals typically rely on weak passwords to break into online accounts of unsuspecting victims, which often leads to severe consequences. But despite understanding the importance of strong passwords as a critical security best practice, for most users the ease of memorizing only a few passwords and reusing them everywhere outweighs the increased security risk. According to our 2021 global report on cybersecurity and online behaviors, slightly more than half of the over 10,000 consumers surveyed … More
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