Category: Passwords

It is better to keep a short pencil rather keeping a long memory. This quotation is by Shakespear. During Shakespear time there was no computer so no need to use passwords in applications. Now the scenario is different, one have …

your name,
anyone’s first name (especially bad are your spouse’s first name, your child’s first name, your dog’s or cat’s name)
your nickname (e.g., “Flash” or “Buzz”),
your home telephone number,
your date of birth,
your …

Assume that institutions simply maintained databases of (pseudonymous or identified) user ids and passwords. Note carefully that the idea here is that a member of the institutional user community has a single userid and password for access to all

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Today we talk about crating a friendly and safe One of the problems with passwords is that users forget them. In an effort to not forget them, they use simple things like their dog’s name, their son’s first name and …

To access an online computer service or Internet service provider (ISP) one needs both a user name and password. ISPs typically select a user name that is the same as the last name of the subscriber. This means that user …

VeriSign has already teamed up with PayPal to offer one-time use passwords on key fobs, but it looks like it’s now found a way to make that additional layer of protection even more portable, partnering with Innovative Card Technologies …

IDC research finds that enterprise companies rank insider sources as their top security threat.

In addition, research from Carnegie Mellon University for the Department of Defense (DoD) finds that when it comes to insider attacks, 86 percent of perpetrators held technical

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IDC research finds that enterprise companies rank insider sources as their top security threat.
In addition, research from Carnegie Mellon University for the Department of Defense (DoD) finds that when it comes to insider attacks, 86 percent of perpetrators held technical …

Here are a few simple reminders to help prevent crooks and identity thieves from stealing your holiday spirit:

- Don’t carry your Social Security card with you: Identity thieves can use it to set up new accounts at different addresses without

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Here are a few simple reminders to help prevent crooks and identity thieves from stealing your holiday spirit:
- Don’t carry your Social Security card with you: Identity thieves can use it to set up new accounts at different addresses without …

SecurityFocus has a great article on Windows password security. Among other things, it addresses the real implications of the weaknesses of LanMan and NTLMv2, and a way you can use that to your advantage:
if a password is fifteen characters …

Counter to what the movies might say, hacking grades is not just cheating it’s a crime:

An investigation showed the professor’s network account had been accessed without her permission and grades were assigned to nearly 300 students, prosecutor Robert Fratianne …