Massive scale attack The "Megalodon" campaign compromised over 5,000 GitHub repositories in 6 hours by weaponizing automated GitHub Actions workflows that execute when developers push code or merge ...

Are you a fan of chatbots like Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT? Chances are, you’ve asked them to generate passwords for you… After all, they’ve handled complex tasks for you, so it makes sense that ...

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 ...

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...

Password managers store your usernames, passwords and email addresses and protect them from unauthorized access. Beyond helping to generate strong passwords and sync them across all your devices, the ...

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Have you ever had Apple Passwords generate a new password that didn’t end up being saved correctly? Sometimes a website crashes at the wrong moment, or uses protocols that don’t exactly play nice with ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

The era of AI has not been particularly great for cybersecurity. We know that vibe-coded websites and apps have been a hotbed of security flaws that leave the platforms vulnerable to attacks. It turns ...

People are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for day-to-day tasks, including creating passwords, but what feels like a clever shortcut could actually ...