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Dallas-based ii2P LLC, a leading provider of digital identity management solutions, today announced the widespread availability of the company’s smart-chip based USB password management solution, MyLOK+, at Walmart.com through WYNIT Distribution, LLC. Southlake, TX (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 Identity theft was the number one complaint to the FTC in 2012. With hacking threats posed every day by stolen passwords, both individuals and organizations need a solution to securely store, manage...

A set of new reviews on the best password recovery software has been announced by software review website Boffin. The reviews point users to the most efficient software for password recovery available in 2013. New York City, NY (PRWEB) April 06, 2013 SoftwareReviewBoffin.com, a website devoted to finding the best products available, today announced a series of new software reviews in the category of password recovery software. In a comprehensive review of many password recovery software...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online For the most part, cracking a password is easy. To un-hash a hashed password, hackers and security experts mostly fall back on simple trial and error. If one combination didn’t work, then another combination will. This sounds incredibly tedious, of course, so those trying to unlock these passwords hand the job over to computers which are capable of making guess after guess after guess, millions of them, for hours at a time....

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Many may have found emails from Twitter in their inboxes this morning informing them that their accounts may have been compromised. In these emails, Twitter informs its users that they’ve already changed the password, but that they should log in and change the password to something they’ll be able to remember. As it turns out, this was true, as several users have claimed their accounts were hacked and used to send out the basic...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online SplashData has revealed its "25 Worst Passwords of the Year" List for 2011, and once again "password" tops the list. According to SplashData, a well-known provider of password management applications, "password" was the most common password used in 2011. The second most common password used was "123456" followed by "12345678." Apparently, people with the name Ashley and Bailey aren't too creative when coming up with passwords...

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Siber Systems, Inc., a leading developer of software productivity tools for consumers and businesses, today announced several tips for companies and individuals looking to improve the security of their passwords in honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). Despite advanced firewalls and other systems that help prevent sophisticated attacks, many breaches still occur because of human error caused by poor password selection...

my1login launches free ‘password strength meter’ in a bid to encourage safer password management practices...so, how ‘hackable’ is YOUR password? (PRWEB) September 04, 2012 Poor online password management is a “ticking time-bomb” that could ultimately result in identity theft, financial fraud and reputational damage on a massive scale for individuals and businesses alike, according to a leading security expert. Mike Newman, CEO of online security firm ‘my1login’ says:...

Password manager service my1login has introduced fun game-like challenges to strengthen online account security. UK (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 my1login is introducing gamification to its password manager service to encourage internet users to take control of their digital security. Launching today, users will be incentivised through game-like challenges to strengthen the security of their online accounts and to encourage others to do the same. Following the recent spate of password hacking...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online There’s an old saying about a fence which was once widely universal, suggesting that these safeguards only kept the good people off of your property or out of your house. Though a bit pessimistic in nature, the truth contained within is hard to deny: Those who are inclined to engage in some sort of criminality will do it, fences be damned. So, in a world where simple key combinations are translated to ones and zeros to build a...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Five days after a group of hackers broke into some Yahoo servers, stole some plaintext passwords and posted them online for all to see, the Sunnyvale company has announced they’ve resolved the issue. “Yahoo! recently confirmed that an older file containing approximately 450,000 email addresses and passwords was compromised,” writes Yahoo on their company blog. “This compromised file was a standalone file that was not...