Tag: PASSWORDS

The dweebs at Platform45 think a little pixelated peepshow will be enough to keep negligent surfers from using weak passwords. As your complexity increases, an 8-bit redhead loses her clothing, and eventually -- by combining upper and lower cases, letters and numbers -- ends up fully nude. 'Naked Password' is a bit of script intended for the backend of websites. (Try it out here.) Misogyny ...

Shock and surprise! The most common password in use at Gawker -- revealed after Sunday's açai berry hack attack -- was "123456." But, at least the second most common password was a pretty smart one, right? Oh, no -- "password" isn't that smart of a password. Check out the Wall Street Journal to see what the other cyber-security geniuses and razor-tongued wordsmiths over at Gawker were using ...

As computers, and specifically graphics cards, have gotten more powerful, our passwords have become increasingly vulnerable, and the days of eight characters being the standard password length are over. To be honest, they have been over for quite some time, but it's only now that the rest of the world is coming to realize that those eight letters you use to protect your e-mail could be cracked by ...

If you're bored and looking for a semi-productive way to kill time, head over to the site 'How Secure is my Password?,' where you can spend a few quality minutes test-driving new, ultra-impermeable passwords. We have no idea how accurate or scientific this is, but it looks as if it's been created by a repentant ex-hacker. After typing in any random word or combination of characters, the tool will ...

As much as we love new technology here at Switched, we also sort of hate it. No matter how cool, innovative, or flat out mind-blowing a new device may be, it's equally frustrating when our gadgets, for whatever reason, fail us. But what are the most common issues people have with technology? According to a recent report, they're pretty basic. Consumer Reports recently surveyed over 13,000 of ...

Share If you get an e-mail with a subject line that reads, "Facebook password reset confirmation customer support," you can just go ahead and hit the delete button. That's because, if you open it, you may fall prey to the latest scam to hit Facebook, and divulge intensely personal password or banking information. The malicious e-mail bears an attachment that, the message claims, contains your ...

According to a post on Twitter's official company blog on Wednesday, the data of several of the microblogging site's employees was hacked back in May. Although the site itself was not compromised (user accounts are fine), the e-mail and other personal accounts of employee Jason Goldman were exploited. According to TechCrunch, a hacker, who goes by the handle Hacker Croll, gained access to ...

Chances are you've seen some documentary or movie about nuclear war in which missile silos were represented as being kept in impregnable, well-guarded bunkers. Said fictional silos were also protected by secret codes that were frequently refreshed and (we all hope) never needed in the case of a nuclear attack. Well, as it turns out, that's not so much the case in real life, as the Air Force this ...