When security questions and password hints are required for your accounts, you might not be filling them out wisely. To best protect your account security, you shouldn’t be truthful in these fields.

It's gone way beyond your mother's maiden name. If you have forgotten your password for an online account lately, you have seen the hint questions Web sites are now asking before they let you reset it ...

So when i clicked the "forgot my password" link on a .gov website the other day, I entered my info to reset my password. Except instead of a reset, i got my password retrieved. Now I'm not a genius on ...

I just love how many Web sites take my complex, hard-to-guess password and make it as easy to crack as guessing my favorite color or the city of my birth. It seems nearly every Web site comes with ...

Unlock, Reset, and Secure Your iPad: Solutions for Forgotten Passwords and Passcodes You can reset your Apple ID password using Apple's website if you forget it. If ...

Google finds those password secret questions aren't so safe — -- Google analyzed hundreds of millions of password security questions and answers, revealing how startlingly easy it is for would-be ...