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  • We know it's difficult to do what they tell you; use a mixture of lower and upper case letters, numbers, symbols, letters of the greek alphabet, hieroglyphics...but seriously, are people still using password as their password?
  • For all the good it can do, social networking also has its share of downsides. Putting personal information of any kind on the internet raises plenty of privacy concerns on its own, and handing over your username and password can … Continue reading →
  • Predictions continue to pour in for 2012, including privacy to be a hot job skill. Computers and smartphones that read your mind will no longer be science fiction. The latest hacker intelligence report says password security is up to enterprise; but better salt those hashed passwords or brute force and rainbow tables will crack them in a heartbeat.
  • Hackers Steal Emails And Info Activist hacker group Anonymous has claimed to have stolen thousands of emails, passwords and sensitive credit card details from a US-based security think-tank, forcing it to suspend operations.
  • In the future, smartphones and tablets could allow access at the sight of their owners face or a single touch.
  • First-time computer users in the early days, pre-hacking security traumas, were confronted with a new life requirement: creating and remembering system passwords. Not too easy, users were warned, to protect their privacy against snooping brothers and sisters, but not too tough, so they can easily remember it all times. This is no longer good advice, and Apple has filed a patent that says, no, make your password as tough as you want.
  • Imagine this: an onscreen recovery application saves your day when you lose your password, without the need of a brain racking. The Apple Blog has uncovered a patent application detailed by Apple for allowing your power adapter to become a security key for your password recovery process.
  • Think of a word. A password. Make it at least eight characters long, but no more than 12. Don't repeat any characters more than twice. Make ...
  • You can now add Microsoft to the list of companies that have recently been burned by hackers.
  • The Microsoft Store India was hacked by Evil Shadow, a team of Chinese hackers, who tagged the site with 'Unsafe system will be baptized.' More embarrassing than the defacement, the hackers breached the database and then leaked usernames and passwords which had been protected with no encryption. That's right, Microsoft which supposedly takes privacy very seriously, had stored passwords as plain text in its store.