Strong Passwords Equals Peace Of Mind

With Hackers getting smarter and technology growing, it is becoming imperative to secure your private information by utilizing strong and complicated passwords. Of course, you want to try and think of a password that is not only strong, but unique enough to you that you will remember it without writing it down, or worse forgetting it. Remember, the whole point to having a strong password is keeping out the hackers and fraudsters, not locking yourself out from vital information. Keep in mind that it is best to use familiarity-type words, combine them together and add some other combinations like capitalizing certain letters, using numbers, using special characters, etc. Don’t take the easy route with your password selections and use common words, as these are the first combinations that hackers will use when attempting to infiltrate personal information. If you are using any of the password combinations below, I suggest you change it right away. The following list was provided by PCMagazine and lists the most commonly used ones:

  • password
  • 123456
  • qwerty
  • abc123
  • letmein
  • monkey
  • myspace 1
  • password 1
  • blink182
  • (your first name)

Hopefully this information will help remind the majority of you to secure your personal information and utilize good, easy to remember(familiar to yourself), and strong passwords

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April 24, 2008 | Filed Under Security | Leave a Comment 

Hack proof your wireless network

Wi-Fi has been a popular form of network to home computers. This mode is relatively convenient and takes less time to setup as it is easy to use. But users always make a mistake by opening it up to hackers. How to safeguard it against hackers? Below is a list of tips that can help you to hack proof your wireless network.

Don’t disclose your identity

Always, a short message is sent by the access points which repeat the network’s name. This is default. The network’s name is known as SSID. This helps people living nearby. People who live next door can detect that you run a wireless network which can help them in getting in. Best way to avoid this problem is to disable SSID. Once you disable, you will run a network that people think you don’t. In simple words, you don’t reveal that you run a wireless network.

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January 2, 2008 | Filed Under Hacking, Security, Tips n Tricks, Wireless | 2 Comments 

World to see a Cyber War?

Cyber war

Based on a report published on Thursday, one of the biggest threats to the security in the next decade would be waged through computers resulting in a “Cyber Cold War”.

According to McAfee, an internet security company, about 120 countries are coming up with ways to use internet to target financial markets, government systems etc. McAfee said that intelligence agencies were testing other states networks to make out their weakness and their methods were growing as time goes.

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November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Security, Tech News | 4 Comments