New Year, New Passwords
Okay, everyone. Just a few more weeks and it will be 2014. While most of you may be into the Christmas rush, it might be good to set aside a few hours to check all your passwords and maybe change them, at the same time ensuring they are fairly strong this time. Why? Because I just recently came across a Spiderlabs blog article that said that as many as two million accounts were compromised . Yikes! Of all the stats about credentials stolen, the ones that would affect you and I more are the following: 1,580,000 website login credentials 320,000 email account credentials The article also said that on website login credentials, the more common ones were Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, etc. So as you can see, many social media networks are in this list. The article also stated that there were over 90 countries affected, making this a global scheme. Actually, whether this article came out or not, it is always prudent practice to regularly change one's passwords...