NEW YORK — With the recent news that a Russian hacker ring has amassed some 1.2 billion username and password combinations, it's a good time to review ways to protect yourself online. The hacking ...

Creating a Google username gives you access to a variety of sites and services -- for example, you need a Google account before you can create a YouTube account. You have two options when it comes to ...

Security experts have warned for years that to protect our online accounts we need to change passwords frequently and make sure that those passwords are "complex"—meaning filled with letters, numbers ...

Here are a few tips for creating strong passwords. Take a moment to review these, and consider strengthening some of your passwords if they fall short. -Create unique passwords that that use a ...