Apple requests an admin username and password whenever you send a machine in for repair. For obvious reasons, I'm uncomfortable with that, and a search shows I'm not alone. My preferred solution is to ...

Most Linksys routers have a default password of admin and a default IP address of 192.168.1.1, but some differ, as you can ...

Researchers at Rapid7 have looked at the security of admin passwords used to protect the two main protocols for remotely accessing corporate networks – and the results aren't great. The two protocols ...

More than four years ago, Alicia Katz Pollock wrote “Five Ways to Reset a Lost Administrator Password” (17 January 2014), and through the vagaries of Google’s search algorithm, it remains our most ...

The administrator account of your HP laptop regulates most settings on your computer and has access to all other user accounts. In general, it's a good idea to periodically change your password to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. You only have to look at the ...

This week, British music streaming service, Last.fm has fixed a credential leakage issue that revealed admin username and password. The leak had occurred due to a misconfigured PHP Symfony app running ...

IBM X-Force warns that router passwords must be changed. Update, Jan. 5, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 4, now includes a user guide explaining how to change your router admin credentials ...

I have shown the steps to set the password for a printer in Windows 11/10 for the following brands: A new page will open where you can enter the new password. Enter the same password in the Confirm ...

“Grossly inadequate” data protection measures that “failed to meet even the most basic industry standards”, and the use of the username and password ‘admin’ to protect a portal used to manage credit ...