AM 1240 KLYQ » passwords http://klyq.com Hamilton's News Talk Leader Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:03:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 What Are the Worst Passwords Being Used This Year? http://klyq.com/what-are-the-worst-passwords-being-used-this-year/ http://klyq.com/what-are-the-worst-passwords-being-used-this-year/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:37:42 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=147553 You would think that by now people would be utilizing stronger passwords to protect themselves from unsuspecting hackers. However, a recent study indicates that a lot of us are still as careless as ever and using the same weak, highly hackable passwords.

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]]> http://klyq.com/what-are-the-worst-passwords-being-used-this-year/feed/ 0 iStockphoto How Many Website Usernames and Passwords Do You Have? http://klyq.com/how-many-website-usernames-and-passwords-do-you-have/ http://klyq.com/how-many-website-usernames-and-passwords-do-you-have/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:08:40 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=136773 Household chores may be among the most-hated tasks, but the digital era has introduced a whole new layer of annoyance to our lives: website usernames and passwords.

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]]> http://klyq.com/how-many-website-usernames-and-passwords-do-you-have/feed/ 0 snowcrash, flickr What Were the Weakest Passwords Hacked from LinkedIn? http://klyq.com/what-were-the-weakest-passwords-hacked-from-linkedin/ http://klyq.com/what-were-the-weakest-passwords-hacked-from-linkedin/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:44:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=110212 Last week, more than six million LinkedIn passwords were stolen and published on a message board frequented by Russian hackers. Now computer security firm Rapid7 has combed through them to show just how weak many of those passwords actually were.

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]]> http://klyq.com/what-were-the-weakest-passwords-hacked-from-linkedin/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Is Your Computer Password Among the 25 Worst of 2011? http://klyq.com/worst-computer-passwords/ http://klyq.com/worst-computer-passwords/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:43:12 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=57960 Password management app maker SplashData has released its list of the “worst computer passwords of 2011″ based around the most commonly stolen password data. It should come as no surprise that the password “password” topped the list of no-nos.

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