used with permission from Norton by Symantecby Nadia Kovacs According to the credit reporting firm Experian, the average Internet user has about 19 different online accounts, for which they only have seven different passwords. In addition, one in ten users...
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Avoid Hackers, Spammers, and Identify Thieves With 5 Simple Tips
used with permission from Microsoft at Work Whether at work, home, or mobile, keeping your computer and other devices secure is important. There are any number of threats to security on the web, but keeping your personal and work data safe is relatively easy. It may...
7 Steps for Safer Surfing
used with permission from HP Technology at Work You might not think about it when you’re browsing the web, shopping online and interacting on social media, but you are the first line of defense against cyber security risks. The power to be safe is in your hands, and...
Password Cracking
Password Cracking I came across an article that has been making the rounds this past month that you can read here. It's the story of one editor's (Nate Anderson of Ars Technica) foray into password cracking and it can be very eye opening to the world of password...
Yahoo Hack Analysis – People use Terrible Passwords
In more recent security news - a database of 450,000 user names and passwords of Yahoo Voice users was stolen and produced to the internet. Unfortunately for Yahoo Voice's users, the passwords weren't encrypted. Lucky for us, Anders Nilsson, a Swedish security expert,...
Dropbox – Customer Information Compromised
Some Dropbox users started complaining that they had received spam to accounts created and used solely for Dropbox. Claims of spam sent to users started to mount and, as Dropbox didn't sell this user information, the first thought on everyone's mind was that Dropbox...