Yahoo has just become the latest big online service to suffer a major password breach. While the number of affected users is far smaller than in the last big exposure -- that would be the password ...

The password attack on Yahoo not only ensnared hundreds of thousands of users from other domains such as Google, AOL, Comcast, Verizon and the U.S. Congress, but revealed the site lacked common ...

This might sound obvious, but if you're like a lot of people, you might not use Yahoo Mail as your primary email account. Yahoo has 1 billion monthly active users on its services overall and just 225 ...

In September, Yahoo disclosed that at least a half billion Yahoo accounts were jeopardized by hackers. Names, email addresses, passwords, telephone numbers, dates of birth, security questions and ...

Last night the news broke that Yahoo had a security breach and 435,000 usernames and passwords had been hacked. Particularly troubling? The login credentials are in plaintext, not even encrypted. The ...

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2015 file photo shows Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information ...

Can't remember your password? There's a solution for that. (Photo: Getty) Forgetting your password is a serious lesson in learning to cope with frustration. Whether you just want to buy something ...

Yahoo today announced yet another layer of security for its users: app passwords for Android and iOS. The new feature means you can control who has access to your apps even when your mobile device is ...

The Internet giant launches a service that sends a short password to your phone. Think two-factor authentication, without the first factor. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing ...

With the backing of Google and Microsoft, the FIDO Alliance wants to kill passwords through biometrics like fingerprints and eye scans. Yahoo, however, is trying a different approach—one that looks a ...