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- A password that is easy to detect both by humans and by computer. People often use obvious passwords such as the names of their children or their house number...
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- Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak
- Weak Passwords suckUntil about 4 years ago my organization had no restrictions on passwords. Our students got their birthdays or their phone numbers as passwords and our staff could choose whatever they wanted. Most common staff password was 1234. Well after years of security breaches and administration...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
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- Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild
- iPhone is officially the most malware ridden mobile platform in the worldAnd since the "bad guys" always go after low hanging fruit, that [b]proves[/b] that iPhone is the [b]least[/b] secure mobile platform in the world. Buy an iPhone if you want to be infected [b]within seconds[/b] by malware [b]that requires...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak
- The recently leaked accounting data of thousands of Hotmail users -- Gmail has also been affected -- obtained through what appears to be a badly executed phishing campaign, once again puts the spotlight on the how bad password management practices remain an inseparable part of the user-friendly ecosystem. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- L0phtCrack 6.0.7 (Windows)
- L0phtCrack is back. It's time to audit your passwords. L0phtCrack 6 is the award-winning password audit and recovery tool for Windows and Unix passwords. Security experts from industry, government, and academia agree that weak passwords represent one of the ten most critical internet security threats, and are receiving more attention...
- Software downloads 2009-10-05
- Sisma 2.0 (Windows)
- Sisma is an easy-to-use password manager that allows you to store and manage your passwords in a secure and convenient way. Sisma keeps your accounts details and passwords in a secure database that is encrypted with strong 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) cipher. Sisma includes a strong random password...
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- Microsoft Zune HD: Going beyond the specs
- Zune PlatformI think its quite easy to see where MS are going with this, establish a brand for Entertainment *Zune make some premium products *Zune HD and try to continue to raise its profile. The strength here is that if they can provide a more unified mediacentre/xbox/zune/mobile store accross all...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- The Linux botweb story that wasn't ...
- One of the things that always confused me...If you can access the source code to Linux, then wouldn't it be possible to crack a password, and then alter the compromised system's source code to suit the hacker's needs?That doesn't seem to secure to me...The short answer is yes.But in reality...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- OpenID biggest government boost yet for open source
- We still need to come up with a fool proof way to keep hackers from resetting your Yahoo, Google, MSN, or AOL account and taking control of your identity. Of course it also has to be easy for the REAL owner to recover his password if he forgets it. Open...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Password-reset flaw haunts WordPress admins
- Open source and PHP at its worstI cannot fathom the design decisions that went into PHP. Maybe that's because there weren't any. That "language" I use that term in the broadest sense here is accident upon accident, quirk upon quirk, patch upon patch. PHP is a complete mess without a...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Dead-Finger Tech: My three "must have" bits of tech!
- Dead-Finger Tech: My three "must have" bits of tech!KeyPass is better than PasswordSafeIf you like PasswordSafe try KeyPass. It is much, much better (yes, I have used both.) You can also carry in on you USB:http://keepass.info/I'd love an IronkeyIf only I had information worth protecting :-(RE: Dead-Finger Tech: My...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Twitter hacks gives L.A. cold feet over Google plan
- Los Angeles is considering a multimillion-dollar plan to adopt Google's cloud services, but in the aftermath of a hacker accessing Twitter's internal docs based on weak passwords on Google Docs, some city leaders are getting cold feet, AP reports. Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles Police...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Sentry 2020 3.0 (Mobile)
- font.title3{color: #003366;font-weight: bold;} Overview Enterprise security tool utilizing transparent encryption to protect important information stored on PocketPC computers. Seamlessly encrypts documents while they are being accessed by Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and other applications. You have every reason to be concerned about who has the access to the business data...
- Software downloads 2009-07-09
- Scraping, Denial of Service, and Brute Force Attacks! Oh My!: Identifying and Controlling Automated Clients
- Anti-Automation defenses are critical in today's web application security landscape. Breach Security's product line is uniquely positioned to help organizations address these automated types of attacks. Only through the combination of all of these capabilities can organizations gain true protections against these threats. Many systems will allow the use of...
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Should "Standard User" be the default in Windows 7?
- Should "Standard User" be the default in Windows 7?Nopeit's one more example of how MS and usability are mutually exclusive. OS X has been able to implement credential checks effectively.Oh, and just to forestall the inevitable strawman about OS X now being a swiss cheese OS, the purpose of credentials...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- VBASafe 1.6 (Windows)
- VBASafe is an advanced product specifically designed to protect your VBA code and intellectual property. Numerous third party tools are available on the internet which can be easily used to break the password security of VBA code. With VBASafe your VBA code is converted to a format which is unreadable...
- Software downloads 2009-06-01
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?Interesting! There is no way that you can start from scratch these days and have a usable OS in a reasonable time. Look how long it has taken Linux distros to catch up to Mac and Windows and they...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers
- Study: Silent patching best for securing browsersAll MS had to dowas silently update the update service which would break nothing and the web went bonkers.I haven't had an issue with an MS update in a long time. Nor an Apple update for that matter.But we test every one regardless,...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Online broker CommSec criticised for weak passwords, lack of SSL
- In times when vendors are vertically integrating by offering virtual keyboards for secure Ebanking, and banks themselves are requiring end users to run antivirus software if they were to file a fraud claim, others are busy fixing security design flaws. Earlier this month, a Melbourne based computer...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- SecurityToolset 1.55 (Windows)
- The Toolset contains: * WebFuzzer - Search for web application errors, specific pages and much more * Injection Browser - Find vulnerable parameter for html injections on web applications * MD5 Searcher - Find already bruteforced/cracked MD5 hashes * Authentication Tester - Find weak username/password combinations for Basic Authentication and...
- Software downloads 2009-04-18
- An Overview and Competitive Analysis of the One Time Password (OTP) Market
- As attackers become more daring and manipulative, information systems that rely on static passwords for security are a major risk factor and are often the key reason that those systems are breached, leaving the organization and its end users open to identity and financial fraud attempts. Thieves target personal information...
- White papers 2009-04-17
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