More than half of UK adults are risking their online security by using the same password for most if not all websites they visit, according to researc...

With many of us regularly using a number of online accounts, we're often advised to use a different password for each one but, if we heed that advice, we tend to either write them down, or save them somewhere else online. The flaw in either plan is obvious.

There has been a lot of debate recently about how much information we should give away online. Just a couple of weeks ago, Cabinet Office Internet security chief, Andy Smith, publicly suggested that we should use fake details online in order to protect our security. But is this really the right approach to staying safe online?

Dropbox has become the latest web service to suffer a huge security breach. Thousands of users had their usernames and passwords stolen after hacke...

So what makes us choose a particular password? I've had many in my time online, ranging from favourite confectionary to pet names and even porn names (made up of your first pet and mother's maiden name - my Dad's is 'Pussy Munro' and that's not even a lie).

What's the worst password of 2011? Twitter says "kimswedding". Too short and not strong enough, badabing. Apologies for the social media-sourced j...

Anyone walking about on London's underground these past few days or reading a newspaper in the UK cannot have failed to notice the gigantic hoardings ...