Researchers have uncovered information about a botnet found to have stolen two-million passwords from social networks and other online services.

Alistair Fairweather doesn’t need to remember any of his online passwords anymore, which means he can make them longer and more secure. Here’s how.

The accepted doctrine about how to create these annoying codes is failing our security, writes Oliver Burkeman.

Most of us are more vulnerable to the prying eyes of our colleagues or friends who might be reading our email than we are to malicious software.