Microsoft has added a new security feature to Hotmail which allow users to report accounts that they believe have been hijacked by spammers.According to Microsoft, the idea behind the feature came from the fact that most of the times, the user's friends realize a lot faster that his account was compromised ... |
15 July 2011
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An analysis of the user database recently leaked from Sony Pictures reveals that consumers have very poor password habits.Last week, the Lulz Security (LulzSec) hacking outfit broke into SonyPictures.com and obtained access to a database containing over one million accounts.The hackers leaked a portion of this databa... |
8 June 2011
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A survey conducted by antivirus vendor BitDefender revealed that only five percent of people use digits or special characters in their passwords and that sixty percent use single-case-only access codes.The conclusions are the result of a questionnaire taken by 1,000 random individuals, half men, half women, from 16 c... |
6 November 2010
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An analysis of the around 10,000 Windows Live Hotmail passwords that have been exposed in the wild has concluded that the majority of users still employ weak passwords. The average password length is eight characters, but only 6% of them contain both alpha-numeric and special characters.A few days ago, Microsoft conf... |
7 October 2009
05:17 GMT |
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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 |
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