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The Iranians are at it again, probing and exploring cyber vulnerabilities. As if Stuxnet was not enough for them:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102234825
Do you have a plan of action in case you become a victim? What do you observe in cyber community that you consider the cause for alarm?
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102234825
Do you have a plan of action in case you become a victim? What do you observe in cyber community that you consider the cause for alarm?
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it should be a passphrase (with special char, numbers, etc) not a password.
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The special characters, numbers, etc are good but only if you don't follow conventional rules. Things like '$' instead of 's' and '3' instead of 'e' are standard replacements that are automatically tried by hacking tools like hashcat. In addition, something like 70% of people place a string of numbers at the end of a password instead of placing them throughout. A longer password is your best defense. For my private accounts (especially banking or store accounts) I use 1Password. They are a password generation service that creates truly random passwords but does NOT store them on a server. The only backup of your passwords is on your computer and even that backup is encrypted (1Password suggests a minimum 20 character password). I use the longest password allowed by each website.
Relevant XKCD comic attached.
Relevant XKCD comic attached.
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Employing Holistic security, considering all of the entry points, not just Passwords, full defense in depth, two factor secondary authentication, encryption, backup, data loss prevention. Takes more than anti-virus folks!!
Never use information you have posted to social media accounts as password information!!
Average time a hacker is in your system before detection by a 3rd party is 243 days. Do you have a 90 Day password policy?? Hows that working for you??
Never use information you have posted to social media accounts as password information!!
Average time a hacker is in your system before detection by a 3rd party is 243 days. Do you have a 90 Day password policy?? Hows that working for you??
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All of my passwords are at least 16 digits long and they are randomly-generated strings of nonsense. I also am very careful as to what I browse online.
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