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Picture Passwords that make security codes easier to remember but tougher to copy

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2008-07-01 12:22:52 by HASH0x8c0f530 in Newlaunches.com
...passwords and bank pins. The idea could be expanded into other areas, as the images will be harder than text passwords to copy by fraudsters, and easier to remember. Background Draw-a-Secret (BDAS) technology that is being developed works on a range of gadgets including i-phones, laptops and PDAs. This is how the system works: The 'graphical...
 
 
 
 
 
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Tim Harford's 3 Rules of Passwords

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2008-04-27 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...passwords in today's golden age of hacking and phishing He offered a remedy on the April 23, 2008 Financial Times website which you can read all about here ; me, it's way beyond anything I'd be capable of But the reason I'm even raising the subject of passwords here is that ever since I've used a computer, I've done precisely the opposite of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Graphical Passwords

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2007-10-26 14:34:00 by About in Latest and Cool Gadgets Collection
...passwords that will be use as a artwork such combinations of alphanumeric characters is not a problem anymore. The technology is similar to fingerprinting or retina scanning. Graphical passwords are far harder, or even impossible, for machines to hack using brute-force attacks. The more complex your drawing of an object is, the more secure...
 
 
 
 
 
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How to Recover MS Office passwords

2008-01-08 03:52:00 by natalie1981 in GADGET REVIEWS and HOW-TOS
 
...passwords from Word, Excel and Access documents. It uses Smart Dictionary and Bruteforce hacking methods to recover passwords. The company also guarantees that it will recover your lost password or they will refund your money
 
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Use SaaS To Auction FTP Passwords, Inject Code

2008-02-29 04:19:10 by max in zedomax.com
 
...passwords of top 100 sites on Alexa The software uses an eBay -like trading interface to qualify the stolen accounts in terms of the country where the server is located and the Google page ranking of the compromised server. Cybercriminals use the information to set a price for the compromised FTP credentials so they can be resold to other...
 
 
 
 
 
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Stealing social network passwords with MITM attacks

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2008-03-15 18:00:50 by Nicholas Deleon in CrunchGear
...passwords on a LAN is trivial. This linked video (you cant embed it anywhere, so youll have to actually visit the site to see it), which is something like a year old, shows how Windows users can get in on the fun using Cain & Abel I bring this up because if social networks are supposed to be the next big thing (which is what I learned at...
 
 
 
 
 
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Top 10 most common passwords

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2008-05-19 09:22:08 by HASH0x8b59384 in Newlaunches.com
...passwords by computer users today. Majority of computer users are so lazy, stupid or too trusting that they use the same password for logging into their PC, banking sites and social networking accounts. Here's the Top 10 list of most commonly used computer passwords: 1. password 2. 123456 3. qwerty 4. abc123 5. letmein 6. monkey 7. myspace 1...
 
 
 
 
 
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5 Tips for Creating Secure Passwords

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2008-07-14 02:21:55 by Patrick Wong in Wikigiz
...passwords for different sites and systems. The best password is something that you will never forget, but even your family or closest friend would never guess From my work, there are some passwords like J#Ken%?1890&! which I dont think anyone can remember so they have to write them down (which defeats the security of a password). I will tell...
 
 
 
 
 
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Windows passwords easily bypassed over Firewire

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2008-03-04 13:44:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...passwords in a just a few seconds using a Linux machine connected over Firewire. Unlike those disk encryption attacks we saw that required a reboot, Boileu's attack works while the target computer is running, tricking Windows into allowing full write access to RAM and then corrupting the password protection code. That's a little scary -- but...
 
 
 
 
 
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DIY Alphanumeric Password Generator. Verdict: Pretty 4UC387G Useful [Passwords]

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