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Windows 8 the most secure operating system?  14 August 2012  Print E-mail
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Source: ghacks - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Host Security Windows is seen by many as an insecure operating system, inferior security-wise to Linux and even Mac OS X. And while it certainly can seem that way, considering that most malware authors concentrate on Windows thanks to the operating system’s crushing market share, others have suggested that this impression comes more from the concentration on Windows than superior security of other operating systems.
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Have Your Users' Passwords Already Been Hacked?  09 February 2012  Print E-mail
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Host Security Following the hack of the global intelligence firm Stratfor, hackers published the stolen password file containing the usernames and hashes for more than 860,000 accounts. An effort to use typical password breaking techniques on the file yielded quick results: About 1 in every 10 accounts had a trivial password.
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Password security is broken, say experts  16 December 2011  Print E-mail
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Source: v3 - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Host Security Identity fraud is one of the biggest threats to unwary web users today. It can come in a variety of forms but is often the result of an online account being hacked or details phished via social engineering.
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Why Password Wisdom Is All Wrong  30 November 2011  Print E-mail
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Source: Internet Evolution - Posted by Alex   
Host Security I don't like to keep people in suspense, so I'll start off with the surprise ending: Your password is not secure. Now that I've gotten your attention, we can talk about why that is (and what you can do to improve upon it).
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OpenPGP in browsers  21 November 2011  Print E-mail
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Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Host Security Recurity Labs developers have been working on an OpenPGP implementation in JavaScript. A prototype of GPG4Browsers is now available as a Google Chrome extension and can be used with Google's webmail service. The extension already allows users to encrypt and decrypt emails, add and check signatures, and import and export certificates.
 
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