Pets' names most common UK passwords "Internet security in the UK is a shambles, with most people using references as obvious as the name of their partner or pet for vital online passwords..." Read More...
Simple Passwords Expose Your PC to Attack by 'Backdoor' Worm "On July 2, several Windows machines on campus were infected with the Backdoor.IRC.Flood.E worm before security personnel were able to shut it down. The virus, an IRC Trojan that scans for Windows machines and attempts to log in to them with a defined set of simplistic passwords, contaminated all of these campus machines in less than 30 minutes...." Read More...
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Complex passwords made easy "...If I have your password, I have your account; and if I have your account then as far as the computer is concerned, I am you..." Read More...
Guidelines For Choosing a Good Password "It is easy to break into any account with a 'bad' password. Such break-ins compromise the whole system, so all users must bear the resposibility of choosing good passwords...." Read More...
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