Password

  • TechnologyAOL

    We're still ignoring all the good advice on passwords

    The high profile hacking of Yahoo passwords is just the recent in a long history of our passwords being exposed. By now we know we need different passwords for every service and site, and they all need to be impossible for a hacker to guess.

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  • TechnologyAOL

    Beware: you're most at risk from hackers today

    The end of August is when your passwords are likely to be least secure - putting everything from your internet banking to your computer at work at risk, according to security experts. Xoomworks have warned that when people are relaxing and

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  • BusinessAOL

    eBay urges users to reset passwords

    E-commerce giant eBay has told all its users to change their passwords in the wake of a cyber attack on the popular online marketplace. In a statement on the company's website, the US-based business said they were asking users to reset

  • TechnologyAOL

    The worst passwords of 2013 - and there's a new number one

    Every year SpashData looks through the millions of passwords stolen by hackers over the previous 12 months and uses them to identify the worst (and most commonly used) passwords of the year. Every year we see the word 'password' at the

  • BusinessAOL

    Livingsocial deals website hacked: are you safe?

    Livingsocial, the deals website owned by Amazon, has confirmed that hackers have had access to the account details of 50 million users. So how did it happen, and what can you do if you are

  • TechnologyAOL

    Could ID rings replace the password?

    The password could become a thing of the past as security experts at Google outline ideas for new online identity solutions, according to a report in Wired. In a new research paper, the Google security team discuss the possibility of a

  • TechnologyAOL

    Is bad spelling the key to a good password?

    Research by PhD student Ashwini Rao at the Carnegie Mellon University has revealed that the secret to a better password may be bad spelling and poor grammar. It's one in the eye for English teachers everywhere. But how can you use it to