A identity security manager at Microsoft recently wrote a blog post talking about how hackers use passwords to try to break in to systems using Microsoft programs. Called “Your Pa$$word doesn’t matter,” the piece by Microsoft’s Alex Weinert walks through various ways hackers use passwords. The list above represents the top 10 passwords hackers test …
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that the man who invented the computer password in the mid-1960s passed away July 12. Fernando Corbató, also known as “Corby,” was a professor emeritus at MIT. He received the Association of Computing Machinery’s Turing Award, often described as “the Nobel Prize for computing.” Corbató developed one of the first …
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Have you encountered this person? They sit through your cybersecurity training at work, learn that their chosen passwords are weak, easily guessable, and put your network at risk. Yet they continue to use them. There’s a study out now that says these folks cling to their bad passwords for two reasons. One is that humans …
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The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center announced that 30 million people using the password 123456 or 123456789 suffered a breach of their personal information. Don’t let that happen to you. Visit our website for free information on how to protect yourself!