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3 Types of Passwords That Are Way Too Easy to Guess

May 11, 2016 by Paul Salmon

Put in the wrong hands, your employees’ login credentials can be the key to a massive security leak. Though you can set up every possible security system, you may be at a loss if your employees’ passwords are too easy to guess. Even the strongest firewalls and encryption software in the world won’t be able to do anything if somebody was able to log in by guessing and inputting somebody’s credentials. Here are a few of the most embarrassing passwords that are so easy to crack that people shouldn’t have bothered setting them at all:

How You Can Create Stronger Passwords

September 24, 2022August 7, 2014 by Paul Salmon

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.

Get Secured With the Right Password

December 9, 2013 by Guest Blogger

Passwords are often the only thing that protects our information from the grasping hands of other people. Very few people know about data encryption, and even fewer of them actively use these technologies and algorithms. Frankly speaking, modern people are pretty negligent to information security issues, which results in hack attacks on their e-mail addresses and social networks accounts.

A recent study showed that in Europe only 24% of the residents use different passwords for different sites. The others use one or two passwords on all services where they are registered. So how can you protect yourself from hacking? Here are 5 basic tips which will help you.