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Should I Change My Password?
ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com has been created to help the average person check if their password have been compromised and need to be changed. This site uses a number of databases that have been releas... Read more
https://shouldichangemypassword.com/
Tags: security, password, tools, hacking, passwords, tool, utilities, online, reference, tech Saved by: admin at 24 Jun 2011

Troy Hunt: A brief Sony password analysis
None of this is overly surprising, although it remains alarming. We know passwords are too short, too simple, too predictable and too much like the other ones the individual has created in other locat... Read more
http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/06/brief-sony-password-analysis.html
Tags: security, sony, password, analysis, statistics, passwords, programming, article, via:packrati.us, hack Saved by: admin at 07 Jun 2011

Keep Private Files Secure on Your Mac OS X Desktop with an Encrypted Disk Image
Keep Private Files Both Secure and at Your Fingertips by Putting an Encrypted Disk Image on the OS X Desktop [Ma... http://bit.ly/m4en0y
http://lifehacker.com/#!5796988/keep-private-files-both-secure-and-at-your-fingertips-by-putting-an-encrypted-disk-image-on-the-os-x-desktop
Tags: mac, security, osx, encryption, apple, lifehacker, apps, files, password, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 30 Apr 2011

The Usability of Passwords (by @baekdal) #tips
Security companies and IT people constantly tells us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. This is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure pa... Read more
http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability
Tags: security, password, passwords, usability, hacking, web, tips, computer, web2.0, technology Saved by: admin at 16 Apr 2011

The Only Secure Password Is the One You Can’t Remember
A really thorough look at password security from Lifehacker. It wraps up with a step-by-step walkthrough of locking down passwords with 1Password, my favorite password management tool.
http://lifehacker.com/#!5785420/the-only-secure-password-is-the-one-you-cant-remember
Tags: security, password, passwords, tools, lifehacker, *todo, contraseñas, digital_literacy, educacion, information_literacy Saved by: admin at 25 Mar 2011

Naked Password - jQuery Plugin to Encourage Stronger Passwords
What is naked password? The whole idea of naked password is to encourage your users to enter stronger passwords. Our beautiful model Sally tastefully removes items of clothing as the password grows st... Read more
http://www.nakedpassword.com/
Tags: jquery, password, javascript, security, fun, naked, tool, web, funny, plugin Saved by: admin at 28 Feb 2011

Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack
HBGary and HBGary Federal position themselves as experts in computer security. The companies offer both software and services to both the public and private sectors. On the software side, HBGary has a... Read more
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-speaks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack.ars
Tags: security, anonymous, hacking, hack, hbgary, email, password, injection, sql, wikileaks Saved by: admin at 17 Feb 2011

The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords - Digits - WSJ
Readers of Gizmodo, Lifehacker and other Gawker Media sites may be among the savviest on the Web, but the most common password for logging into those sites is embarrassingly easy to guess: “123456.â... Read more
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/12/13/the-top-50-gawker-media-passwords/
Tags: security, password, via:packrati.us, passwords, statistics, hacking, gawker, interesting, graphs, wsj Saved by: admin at 15 Dec 2010

How To Safely Store A Password | codahale.com
How? Basically, it’s slow as hell. It uses a variant of the Blowfish encryption algorithm’s keying schedule, and introduces a work factor, which allows you to determine how expensive the hash func... Read more
http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/#
Tags: security, encryption, programming, password, code, passwords, bcrypt, development, webdev, hash Saved by: admin at 15 Dec 2010

The Real Lessons Of Gawker’s Security Mess - The Firewall - the world of security - Forbes
Gossip site Gawker has experienced a large data breach whose scale fully came to light Sunday. The group that calls itself Gnosis claimed and provided evidence of responsibility, motivated in their wo... Read more
http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/12/13/the-lessons-of-gawkers-security-mess/
Tags: security, gawker, hack, via:packrati.us, password, passwords, web, fail, twitter, forbes Saved by: admin at 14 Dec 2010