Hackers Will Crack Your Password – Protect Yourself!

by | Feb 19, 2010 | Articles of Interest, Computer, Email, Support

If you can remember your password – then it’s not strong enough!

I always set strong passwords as hackers have an easy time of things if one is to do less.  I know of several cases (none of my clients fortunately) where friends / relatives have had soft passwords and their accounts have been hacked (sometimes by bots (robots) who do not tire) and then the account used to send spam.  Needless to say that would be very embarassing for a business – not to mention that your email content is now in the hands of someone else – and to be avoided at all cost.  A strong password is your first line of defense.

Here is a bit about how they do it:
gizmodo.com/5966169/the-hardware-hackers-use-to-crack-your-passwords

More good info:
darkreading.com/blog/227700892/how-hackers-will-crack-your-password.html

I don’t worry about remembering these passwords as I use a password management program – 1Password – referenced below.  I use, love, live by 1Password

agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password
for Mac or for Windows

Need to generate a password? Here is a site that will generate one for you.
http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/

If you can remember your password – then it’s not strong enough!

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