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  • How You Can Create Stronger Passwords

    How You Can Create Stronger Passwords

    It seems that news about a breach of security that results in the stealing of usernames and passwords seems to be an everyday occurrence these days. The news, from Hold Security, that Russian hackers have created a list of 1.2 billion usernames and passwords come as a surprise because of the number of login credentials that have been stolen.

    The real danger of such a list is that many users use the same username and password for many websites, which now allows the Russian hackers to get access to more sites than they managed to steal the credentials from. In order to protect your online identity and data, here are some tips to help you create stronger passwords to help keep the hackers at bay.

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  • Benefits of Password Management Software

    Benefits of Password Management Software

    These days, computers and technology play a notable role in our daily lives. Almost every household owns a computer, a laptop, a netbook or a tablet. Everybody is connected through the internet; everybody knows how to use a computer.

    Even kids study computer as early as the age of six. And with the birth of social networking sites, people are now officially hooked to their devices.

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  • Why Your Data May Be Compromised and How You Can Protect Yourself

    Why Your Data May Be Compromised and How You Can Protect Yourself

    It was reported and confirmed yesterday about 6.5 million LinkedIn accounts compromised with the the hashed passwords to those accounts uploaded to a Russian hacker forum. Unfortunately, events such as these are all too common each year, which causes personal information and identities to be stolen as a result.

    While you may not be able to prevent security breaches, there is still one thing that you can do to make it hard for others to gain access to your personal accounts.

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  • 10 Reasons I Use LastPass to Manage Passwords

    10 Reasons I Use LastPass to Manage Passwords

    The one aspect of staying secure online is through the use of unique passwords for my different online accounts. Insecure passwords are by far the main reason many people have their online accounts hijacked or stolen. Unfortunately, remembering a unique password for every account is not really feasible for anyone. To solve the problem I have been using LastPass for over a year, and have found it to be a must-have tool for security.

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  • LastPass – The Ultimate in Password Protection

    LastPass – The Ultimate in Password Protection

    I recently needed a way to manage my passwords, and decided to give LastPass a try. A few months ago I was tired of remember my passwords, and on top of that I wanted to create more unique passwords. You probably know how hard it is to keep passwords straight for many applications, so I began search for a password management solution.

    After doing some reading I discovered a tremendous service called LastPass. For the past few months I have been using this service I have been impressed with how well it manages my passwords, and makes it very easy for me to login to various locations with different passwords.

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