Submitted by FERG on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 17:03
How many different online accounts do you have? Online banking, e-mail, social websites, etc. Add on to that all of the online shopping sites, and you're probably over 20 at least. How do you remember the passwords? Some people use a single password for every site. That's NOT a good idea. Take a look at the linkedin security breach a few weeks back and you can see why. If you used the same password for LinkedIn that you did for your e-mail, the data thieves now have access to your e-mail, which will pretty much give them access to nearly every account you have.
So what is the solution? You should have a different, hard to guess password for each site. To keep track of these passwords, you should use a password manager.
Submitted by FERG on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:11
Yesterday, June 6th, it was announced that a large security breach had occurred at LinkedIn. This security breach was a large file containing password hashes.
A password hash is how your password is stored on a server instead of as plain text. It is advised that all users change their password immediately.
While the danger on LinkedIn is minimal, the real danger lies in the fact that many people use the same password at mulitple sites. So, if you use your e-mail as your ID on LinkedIn, and used the same password for your e-mail your e-mail could be vulnerable.
