When you set up a new online account, the website or service will usually ask you to select security questions and then answer them. This is to verify your identity as a second layer of login protection. Some websites enforce a security answer upon every login, and...
SplashData has published its annual list of the worst passwords of the year using data from more than 5 million passwords that were leaked by hackers. SplashData also commented on the number of well known breaches that have occurred within the last year (or 2)....
It's time for SplashData to release its annual list of the most common passwords of 2016, but first, let's start with a password list from Keeper Security. Most Common Passwords of 2016 by Keeper Security The company analyzed over 10 million passwords publicly...
Cyber attacks are becoming more common than ever before. Each person may be unique, but their personal data is not. This commodity is wheeled and dealed from the smallest comprise to the largest data breaches. Despite the hacks not being someone's fault (usually), the...
Just as there are top common passwords, there is also a top common PINs list. Similarly to passwords, people usually aren't as good at being unique as they think they are. And some people don't even try. David Harley initially discussed a data set of common PINs...
You may have seen this type of security awareness information before. But maybe this time, something will click, and you will see how things actually work. This is a game of perspective.
