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Stories about: password security

Large User Database Analysis Reveals Interesting Password Habits A self-confessed white hacker who recently obtained access to a user database containing over 870,000 accounts with passwords stored in plain text has decided to do some password strength analysis. The results revealed that a significant percentage of people are still using insecure passwords that can be easily crack... 16 September 2009 08:29 GMT Email Hack Exposes U.S. Governor's Extramarital Affair South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford faces a lot of pressure, both in his personal and political life, after news broke out of an extramarital affair he was having with a woman from Buenos Aires. Being blamed by the media for the leak, the 41-year-old mistress told an Argentinian news outlet that it was actually the ... 1 July 2009 06:51 GMT MD5 Passwords Encryption The strength of passwords, as well as their encryption mechanism, is crucial for the security of database driven applications. If you own a website constructed on a ready-made content management system architecture, the back-end administration password will always be protected by using a certain type of encryption m... 26 May 2008 11:17 GMT