Crafting the perfect password isn’t easy. Some things, like pet’s names, birthdays and ascending number sequences, should definitely be avoided. (The word “password” is strongly discouraged, too.)
But what about good grammar? According to a new study, you should probably steer clear of that as well.
View Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/password-bad-grammar
Don’t be one of those people with lame passwords. We want to help you to pick super secure, ninja-style passwords that will keep you safe online.
These five free tools generate passwords with punch. Check them out in the gallery above and be sure to bookmark the service that suits you.
View Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/password-generators
A secure password can be your first line of defense against would-be hackers. Creating a secure password, however, isn’t always as easy as it looks. As the Internet has gotten larger, hackers have gotten smarter, making it so even passwords that seem like they’re secure aren’t necessarily anymore.
View Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/create-secure-password
Google is celebrating Safer Internet Day today with the redesign of its “Good to Know” site, offering more tips and resources about how to stay safe online.
View Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/google-security-tips-safer-internet-day
A new exploit being sold for $700 may put tens of millions of Yahoo Mail users at risk.
Read Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/hack-yahoo-mail
It’s a good idea to be a little paranoid about password theft, and there are several ways to strengthen your defenses.
Here’s the bottomline, “At some point, you will get hacked — it’s only a matter of time,” warned Mr. Grossman. “If that’s unacceptable to you, don’t put it online.”
Read the full article at the NY Times
Fear comes in many forms, and on Halloween things get creepier and crawlier than usual. But for some of us, the scariest thing of all has nothing to do with snakes and spiders — and everything to do with cybersecurity.
Read Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/spooky-cybersecurity
A large number of our clients use Internet Explorer (IE) as their standard company web browser, I beg you to stop. Yesterday (September 17, 2012) another larger security hole was found in IE.
Here are there important points:
“Microsoft Corp warned that a newly discovered bug in its Internet Explorer web browser makes PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers and urged customers to download a piece of security software to mitigate the risk of infection.” - this is not a simple IE update, you need to install and configure new software on your machine to make you safe.
“Some security experts said it would be too cumbersome for many PC users to implement the measures suggested by Microsoft.” – too difficult for the average user to do.
“For consumers it might be easier to simply click on Chrome,” said Dave Marcus, director of advanced research and threat intelligence with Intel Corp’s McAfee security division.
Here’s a link to a story with all the details; http://bit.ly/OWC8GE
If your IT department/supplier isn’t worried, it’s because they get paid overtime to fix problems later.
So what should you…
1. On a PC, stop using Internet Explorer forever.
2. Install a different browser, both Firefox and Chrome are safer, and faster, and render web pages better.
Despite a claim made by hacking group AntiSec, which said it compromised 12 million Apple iOS Unique Device IDs (UDIDs) and personal information from a laptop of an FBI staffer, the government agency is denying that it ever had the data the hackers allegedly stole.
Read Full Article Here: http://mashable.com/fbi-we-werent-hacked-never-had-apple-device-ids/
In an age in which people are sharing the tiniest details of their lives on Facebook and Twitter — from what they had for lunch to whom they’ve had sex with — it’s hard to believe anyone still values privacy.
Read more: http://bit.ly/OMDuoq
The online world is abuzz with the news of an Internet browser tool that lets even the most technologically inept snoop on their neighbors over Wi-Fi networks.
Read more: http://bit.ly/NzVtBy
The more users make the switch to Apple products, the more we can expect criminal malware to follow.
A man who hacked into thousands of Telus Internet accounts in B.C. told CBC News he got into thousands more accounts than the company acknowledges, and says the security flaw allowing him access still hasn’t been patched.
Do You Overuse Your Passwords? Take A Look Still using the same password across multiple websites? Mozilla has released a new tool just for people like you. Mozilla hopes that the Firefox add-on…
Will the FBI shut down the Internet on March 8 because of computer virus concerns?
The Internet could go dark for millions of users as early as March 8 because of a virus that has corrupted computers in more than 100 countries.
Full Story: http://bit.ly/xh2HST
WASHINGTON – Hackers have targeted the public websites of the operators of the Nasdaq and Bats stock exchanges over the past two days with cyberattacks that disrupted the sites but had no impact on t…
Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY’s iPhone application.
Tip: Be wary of e-mail about security updates http://usat.ly/xQS2R2
To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.
To learn more about USA TODAY for iPhone and download, visit: http://usatoday.com/iphone/
I want to share a story with you from Vancouver Sun: WASHINGTON – The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was briefly inaccessible on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline.
Great new service for privacy – deletes the email after it has been read. Read about it here
Zappos Suffers Security Breach The online retailer Zappos has notified customers that some of their account information may have been accessed by hackers who breached the company’s computer system….
Canada is not immune to hacker attacks, read this news story from The Province — More than 11,000 current and former employees at the University of Victoria are being urged to contact their banks after personal information including their names
If Symantic can be ‘hacked’ why should we assume that any website should be safe?
Read this story, http://huff.to/xG6f7z and make sure your website security is up-to-date.
Do not assume that your credit card company, your bank, your website – are safe – they’re not! Make sure that your website is as secure as possible.
Notorious Hacker Group Strikes Again LONDON — The loose-knit hacking movement “Anonymous” claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of…
Let’s all keep our websites secure by using decent, difficult passwords. If you recongize a password on this list – change it! Now! Immediately.
According to SplashData, the most common passwords on the web are:
Read the full report/article at SplashData
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