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Your password isn't safe - take this simple test to find out how many minutes it would take to crack
There's a well-known saying in information security that the weakest part of any computer system is the person using it. One area where this becomes abundantly clear is in the use of passwords. Allowing users to choose their own passwords can be fatal, with most people not having the first clue abou ...
Posted 06 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: online security , passwords , hacking
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When hacking is legal
The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives two different definitions of “hacker” related to computer security. A hacker is either “an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer” or “a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information ...
Posted 06 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: hacking
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Which famous Twitter accounts have been hacked?
Early in 2009, Twitter suffered two major security lapses. Once when a wave of highly successful phishing campaigns were successful in obtaining a lot of Twitter passwords, and then again when an 18 year old hacker and student of computer games development brute-force'd an administrator account. In ...
Posted 05 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: twitter , hacking , barack obama
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