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Why users choose the obvious for computer passwords
In an extraordinary act of banality and predictability, business users have made "Password1" the No. 1 password used to log into computers. This is where poor enterprise security practices start, but
Computer passwords never were very secure
Password management remains an oddly thorny challenge, with businesses commonly foiled by poor user practices and other frailties of human nature. Why is the computer password such a perennial trial?
Diceware solves the password conundrum
Poor password management is a perennial problem for enterprise IT. Nobody seems to have developed a good way to get users to come up with passwords that they can remember but computers can't easily
Amazingly true (and dumb) password practices
Cyber attacks are growing in sophistication and volume, and yet the latest techniques and malware aren't necessarily the ones to be the most feared. The age-old exploits and poor routine security
Survey: IT pros guilty of password shortcuts
One-quarter of IT professionals have known a co-worker who snooped into sensitive data using privileged credentials, a survey from identity management vendor Lieberman Software recently found. It
Essential Wi-Fi security tips everyone must know
A recent survey on Wi-Fi conducted by Wakefield Research, on behalf of the Wi-Fi Alliance, found that while almost all users consider their data to be secure, average scores were lower when it came
Users ignorant about Wi-Fi security issues, says research
A large proportion of Wi-Fi users are unaware of the security risks inherent in the use of Wi-Fi and the precautions they should be taking, according to a survey. The study, conducted in August on
Fired Ga. man crashes ex-employer's VMware systems
Here's a cautionary tale about the importance of revoking network passwords after letting IT workers go: The U.S. subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi lost 15 VMware host systems
Security flaw spills Mac OS X Lion passwords in sleep mode
Password recovery and e-discovery software maker Passware has warned that a security flaw in the latest version of Mac OS X Lion makes it possible for an attacker to recover a password in "a matter
Man admits to infecting college PCs with malware for profit
A 21-year-old, Daniel Fowler of Kansas City, Mo., has admitted to a brazen criminal scheme that involves using malware to steal and sell databases of faculty and alumni at the University of Central
