Another massive data breach and another phishing scam was not far behind.
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eBay Password Phishing Scam
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Creating a Strong Password
How Secure is Your Password
Alarming insight regarding password security – challenges the idea “that complexity rules make for stronger and safer passwords”.
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How to Reset a Windows Password
If you want access to your Windows account (and not just access to your files), you can reset your password quite easily. Learn, in this guide, how to burn a password reset disc and how to boot from it and reset your Windows account password.
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Techlicious: Easy Way to Prevent Password Theft
I used to reuse the same set of passwords for multiple sites and services online. I knew better, but it was impossible to keep track of the dozens that would be required if I had a different one for every site and service.
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Ask Leo: How long should a password be?
By Leo Notenboom
For years, the standard practice has been to assume that eight-character passwords made up of sufficiently random characters was enough. Not any more.
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Ask Leo: Is Changing My Password Enough?
By Leo Notenboom
I regularly hear from people who’ve had their email or other online account
compromised, who somehow are able to recover access to it and change their
password, only to have the account stolen almost immediately again.
The problem is actually quite simple, though the solution is a bit of
work.
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Ask Leo: How do I keep from getting my account hacked?
By Leo Notenboom
A reader asks: “My MSN HotMail account has been hacked into several times. If
I’m able to recover it, it just gets hacked again. Sometimes I can’t recover
it, and I have to start all over with a new account. What can I do to stop this
all from happening?”
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Ask Leo – Someone is sending from my email address! How do I stop them?!
PC Pitstop is proud to welcome industry veteran Leo Notenboom as a new guest contributor. Leo has been involved in the tech industry for nearly 30 years. After retiring from an 18 year career as a Microsoft Software Engineer Leo went on to create Ask Leo!, a free web site where he answers real questions from ordinary computer users.
By Leo Notenboom
You’re minding your own business and one day you get email
from someone you’ve never heard of and they’re asking you to
stop sending them email. Or worse, they’re angry. Or worse
yet, they accuse you of sending them a virus! But you don’t
know them, you’ve never heard of them, and you know you’ve
never sent them email.
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Bits from Bill: We Have Your Password & We Own You
By Bill Pytlovany
Every few months I like to write about passwords and backups just to remind everyone how important these issues can be. While I’d like to remind you again to review your backup policies, I really want to stress some common sense password protection.
I’m sure you all know enough not to use your kids or pets names for passwords but do you use different passwords for every different site you visit online? If not, you could be in real danger and you’re putting everyone else in danger too. STOP IT!
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Free Identity Theft Test
It’s very convenient to let Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox save values and automatically complete fields on forms, but it may not be completely secure. Think about what could happen if you walk away from your computer for an extended period,
and someone else walks up to it and starts working.
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September 2005 Newsletter
Rob on Pod
Broadband Marches Ahead
Security Tip: Use a Blank Password
Help Wanted
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