When I updated iOS on my iPhone, I was forced to choose a six-digit passcode instead of a four-digit one. Is there any way to go back? As part of its drive to increase security on Apple devices, the ...

Apple rolled out its new iOS 9 operating system Wednesday and with that comes a big security upgrade. The new operating system will now automatically default to a six digit PIN to unlock your ...

6-digit PINs are far more secure than their 4-digit counterparts - here's how and why to make the switch on both mobile and on PC.

This week's launch of iOS 9 brings a slew of small but important new features for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. They include an all-new app for viewing iCloud Drive content, support for more ...

Apple puts two factors front and center to secure accounts in iOS and OS X, while suggesting a longer passcode in iOS 9.

Users with iPhone 5S, 6, 6 Plus, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 will now have more secure passcodes. Apple users will be able to log in to their products with a six-digit passcode when iOS 9 debuts ...

Apple has steadily made the iPhone more secure over the past few years, but the device certainly isn’t, nor has it ever been, impenetrable. As Apple has beefed up iOS security over time, hackers and ...

As evidenced below, a 6-digit passcode can be cracked in about 11 hours on average.

The possibility that I unknowingly changed my password then -- or while it was in my pocket -- is as far-fetched to me as my iPhone growing two opposable thumbs and changing the passcode itself.