That's compared to 2007, when only about 11, 000 species of the game-password stealing Trojans were found, compared with 21, 000 bank-password stealing varieties.
Accounts can be hacked into if you have a weak password, so make sure your password is one which only you know.
But password laxity imposes costs even on sites with good security, since people often use the same password for several different places.
Banking-targeted password-stealing programs still outnumber gaming-targeted Trojans, and many of the programs record all keystrokes to swipe any password the user types in.
This advice has to do with the way password crackers work, in essence it is harder to break a longer more complex password.
Both attacks only applied to the millions of users too lazy to alter the default password used on their password when it was first installed.
Password management software comes in many flavors, including password applications for IT teams to secure privileged assets such as critical servers, databases, routers, switches and applications.
The second piece of advice has to do with password composition, the idea that a good password is longer, contains letters and numbers, and has special characters.
On the other hand, affected users should be sure to change the password of any other online accounts that share a password with their Playstation Network account.
Cyber security researcher Robert David Graham found the published file from the Stratfor hack and used password-cracking tool oclHashtcat to crack the password over the weekend.
Enter "m.google.com" or "m.hotmail.com" in the Server field, leave the Domain field blank, enter your full e-mail address in the Username field, and your password in the Password field.
On top of never having to remember a password again, Pico users would be theoretically immune from phishing attacks, choosing weak passwords, or even having their password stolen by an over-the-shoulder snoop.
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With 1Password, you'll only need to memorise a single master password to have one-click access to your database of usernames and passwords, which is safe if you make that master password hard to guess.
But Passport, which stores personal information on Microsoft's servers, still lets customers use wildly insecure passwords like "password, " and lets anyone who knows your zip code take several cracks at guessing the personal "secret question" that resets the password.
Along with boosts in speed and thoroughness of its password guessing, Marlinspike says CloudCracker will now also offer APIs that mean developers could build applications that use its password cracking resources within other programs, or even on mobile devices with an Android or iPhone app.
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The nominator will need to create a user id or password if new to the system.
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You are more likely to run into trouble if the data is password-protected or encrypted.
In June, a programming error temporarily allowed any password to be used to access any account.
That has worked well enough to halt visiting laptops unaware of the password to the network.
Most importantly, Apple hints at a much broader strategy for password recovery with device peripherals.
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Via Facebook, The Melt offered a secret password to fans of the sandwich shop.
It's essentially another way to regain access to your Facebook page if you forget your password.
This would require two steps, the entry of a password as well as another action.
The company has also included a voice-enabled password to access OS9, which uses voice-print recognition.
The phone is password protected, and of course I can remotely wipe it at any time.
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My password list has more 150 logins, and that number is too small to brag about.
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Friends can connect to your gear without having to ask you for your Wi-Fi network's password.
And as noted, a whole lot of people are using the same password wherever they go.
Unroll.me, which is currently in private beta, promises to not store your e-mail address and password.
The password to unlock the attachment was included in the body of the infected e-mail.
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