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Supporting Complex Passwords

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...passwords for encryption. Well this morning another "feature" of passwords hit me square in the forehead. I tried to activate Windows Live OneCare (I've decided to give their family safety feature a try to limit where my little ones can surf on the net). Here's what I got when I supplied my Windows Live ID and password (please note I've...
 
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Will Passwords Become Obsolete?

2008-08-15 13:46:48 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...passwords I have, although I know its not nearly enough I tend to be lazy like most people and re-use the same passwords for many different accounts But heres a new idea what if passwords for online accounts were replaced entirely by cryptographic keys that sat on our desktops like icons, and functioned in the background, so we wouldnt need...
 
Tags: passwords, log-on system, log, system, replace passwords, web site, click starts, york times article, online accounts
 
 
 
 
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Cracking passwords on a PlayStation

2007-12-03 16:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...passwords in hours. Typically, previous attempts to crack such passwords took days to get the same result I found this story via Kim's blog , where he points out that using password-based encryption is dangerous. What he's referring to is using encryption where the key is derived from a password Lots of consumer-oriented encryption works this...
 
Tags: password, character password, key, password database, keyspace, 256-bit aes key, 40-bit keyspace, passwords, encryption
 
 
 
 
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Giving Up Passwords for Chocolate

2008-04-21 12:22:08 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
I am just sick of this story : people are willing to reveal their passwords for a bar of chocolate I haven't seen any indication they actually verified that the passwords are real. I would certainly give up a fake password for a bar of chocolate
 
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Top 10 Popular Passwords

2008-05-14 21:30:11 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...passwords are a sure way to leave hackers an easy way into your accounts. Apparently, a whopping 20% of people use some variant of the following 10 password choices, according to this blog post Your partner, child, or pets name, possibly followed by a 0 or 1 (because theyre always making you use a number, arent they The last 4 digits of your...
 
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Experts: Passwords May Not Be a Good Online Defense

2008-08-11 06:00:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Tired of creating and changing website passwords? Many experts propose dropping passwords entirely for a security system based on cryptography. For example, machines have a cryptographically encoded conversation to establish both parties authenticity, using digital keys that we, as users, have no need to see
 
Tags: passwords, security system based, website passwords, parties authenticity, experts propose, digital keys, users, cryptography, conversation
 
 
 
 
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Myspace Cracker Steals Firefox Passwords

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2008-08-26 18:49:03 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...passwords saved via Firefox on their computer Click to Enlarge As you can see, the bad guys here seem to be exploiting a well known password recovery tool for nefarious purposes - in this case, Firepassword . You're probably wondering what happens with the stored login details at this point - well, do some more digging in the code and...
 
Tags: firefox, firefox passwords, myspace, tool, myspace accounts, firefox password grabber, password recovery tool, ftp drop set, login details
 
 
 
 
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Xecrets: Access your passwords anytime, anywhere

2008-05-13 07:44:42 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...passwords or wait until I again have access to the Password Manager file. Now there might be a solution for my forgetfulness
 
Tags: password, unique password, password manager file, password vault, regularly click, passwords, access, flash drive, safely manage
 
 
 
 
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PEBKAC Attack Script: Finding passwords in event logs

2008-06-10 21:49:39 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...passwords users inadvertently typed into the user name field? Well, this script should make it easy to do such audits. Read the rest of the article for details. Also, if you are interested in using BackTrack for pen-testing, check out my friend Lee Baird's collection of videos and documentation on BackTrack and other hacking topics
 
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One-third of IT admins admit snooping with privileged passwords

2008-06-20 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
One-third of IT administrators surveyed during a recent security conference in London said that they or one of their colleagues have used top-level admin passwords to access confidential information at work