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Have Your Users' Passwords Already Been Hacked?  09 February 2012 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Anthony Pell   
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.
 
Password security is broken, say experts  16 December 2011 
Source: v3 - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
Why Password Wisdom Is All Wrong  30 November 2011 
Source: Internet Evolution - Posted by Alex   
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).
 
OpenPGP in browsers  21 November 2011 
Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
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.
 
How to improve your password strength  13 September 2011 
Source: CNET - Posted by Alex   
For too many of us, passwords are annoying obstacles rather than valuable tools meant to keep our business (and back accounts) private. You may find yourself sticking with the same small number of passwords for every site, which means that you're only as secure as the least secure site you visit. Here are some tips to boost your online security:
 
Why Your Linux Desktop is Insecure  25 April 2011 
Source: PC Magazine - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Of the many reasons why Linux on the desktop never happened, security was not one. After all, security was a strength of Linux on the desktop, was it not? Maybe, relatively, back in the day, but today Linux actually looks a bit archaic from a security standpoint. One major reason for this was outlined recently by famed security researcher and developer Joanna Rutkowska,
 
Case study: Policy-based security and access control  07 April 2011 
Source: CSO Online - Posted by Anthony Pell   
In a university environment, there is no time for the network to go down. The students and faculty at SUNY Old Westbury, a university located on Long Island, New York, demand 24-7 access to the internet, both on and off campus. And, of course, it isn't enough to simply keep things running, they need to be protected, too.
 
8 of the best Linux password managers  05 January 2011 
Source: Tech Radar - Posted by Alex   
Still remember the password to your account on Angelfire for a website that you abandoned in 1999 but can't remember the login information for the Fedora 13 virtual machine? We've all been there.
 
Personal Password Security and the Gawker Hack  17 December 2010 
Source: benzinga - Posted by Alex   
The hack of Gawker (operator of technology sites Lifehacker, Jezebel, Gizmodo, Gawker, Kotaku, Deadspin, io9, Jalopnik and Fleshbot) servers exposed over 1.3 million accounts earlier this week and again brought attention to the vulnerability of even reputable websites.
 
Password Management  26 November 2010 
Source: Linux Magazine - Posted by Anthony Pell   
While I was writing this article, I ran across a great phrase so perfect for this month’s topic that I have to share it with you: “password fatigue” [1]. Because we all have multiple accounts with different usernames, passwords, security questions, PIN numbers, and whatnot, we end up with way too many passwords.
 
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